Want to be a mom in the know? Amuse your kids with timely fun facts about critters: Sept. 8 is National Iguana Awareness Day, Sept. 14-20 is National Farm Animals Awareness Week, and Sept. 22 is both Elephant Appreciation Day and World Rhino Day.
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Free zoo day
The Honolulu Zoo will have free admission from 1 to 5:30 p.m. July 25 as part of the 25th Annual Hawai’i Conservation Conference taking place at the Hawai’i Convention Center.
Get wild on Wednesdays
The Honolulu Zoo’s popular summer concert series The Wildest Show in Town begins again tonight. Guests may enter the zoo at 4:35 (get there when gates open if you want to get a quick peek at the animals before the exhibits are closed for the evening. Concerst run from 6 to 7 p.m. and admission is $5 for those ages 2 and older. Bring your picnic dinner or purchase one on-site. The 10-week concert schedule is:
- June 13: Josh Tatofi
- June 20: Roy Sakuma’s Super Keiki
- June 27: Keauhou
- July 11: Beat Lele
- July 18: Special Guest
- July 25: Makaha Sons
- Aug. 1: Johnny Helm and Friends
- Aug. 8: Noel Okimoto and his Jazz All Stars – A Tribute To Legendary Jazz Vocalist, Jimmy Borges
- Aug. 15: Jon Yamasato and Iron Mango
Visit www.honoluluzoo.org or call 926-3191.
Friends of a Feather
The Manu o Ku Festival at the Honolulu Zoo educates 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 12. Included with zoo admission, there will be games, educational exhibits, crafts and special animal encounters. To learn more, visit whiteterns.org.
Zoo News
Earth Day coincides with the second Aloha Aina Conservation Fest at the Honolulu Zoo April 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Environmental groups will be on hand to educate those in attendance about their efforts in the islands and beyond. There will also be informative talks with zoo keepers, keiki activities and a birthday event for Galapagos Tortoises at 1:30 p.m.!
Go wild
The seven new wild dog puppies are joining the Honolulu Zoo exhibit Sunday. See the four girls and three boys and their parents 9:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 18. http://honoluluzoo.org/
Plant a forest
Help plant seedlings, harvest sweet potatoes, pull weeds and learn about native plants at the Honolulu Zoo’s Children’s Discovery Forest 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 17. After the volunteer work is done, participants can visit the zoo for free. Meet at Gate 6 (on Monsarrat Avenue) across from the Waikiki shell at 9 a.m. RSVP to lmduling@hawaii.edu.
Honolulu Zoo happenings
We were checking out the new Honolulu Zoo ectotherm (the reptile house replacement) and was so pleased to see a sign announcing the return of the sun bears. I can’t wait to see them back in their old neighborhood near the elephants and reptiles.