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Rocky Mountain Wild

As America’s only mountain zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is uniquely suited to showcase Colorado wildlife in its natural setting. Voted #2 Best Zoo Exhibit in North America in USAToday’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards in 2022. Rocky Mountain Wild connects you with the wild heritage of the Rocky Mountain region by offering engaging encounters with mountain lions, Alaska moose, Canada lynx, Mexican wolves and bald eagles. Watch grizzly bears fishing for trout and river otters playing in a pond. Plus, our special learning experiences in The Loft, offers children of all ages unique ways to interact, assist with animal care, and experience cool keeper demos and talks.

Please note:

*Our grizzly bears are temporarily located next to the Asiatic Bear exhibit, near the play hill, above the tapir yard. We look forward to welcoming bears and guests back to the grizzly exhibit when it reopens soon. Read why at cmzoo.org/bears!

Endangered Species at the Zoo

Are They in Danger of Extinction? Animals listed here may have a threatened or endangered conservation status with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

Adopt an Animal

Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .

Adopt Choices for Mexican Wolf

Support your favorites with digital, traditional, gift package, and group adoptions. Gifting any adopt choice is available by simply completing the gift area at checkout.

Checking In with the Wolf Pack
December 27, 2018

It’s no surprise that Luna, Navarro and their gorgeous pups continue to be guest favorites at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. What did surprise guests, keepers and vet staff earlier this year was the arrival of the pups. After decades of unproductive breeding attempts, the Zoo welcomed a litter of the endangered species. The pups and parents . . .

Litter of Adorable (And Important) Mexican Gray Wolf Pups Born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
May 9, 2018

At the end of their conference-planning meeting last night, eight teenagers from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Youth Leadership Action Board rewarded themselves with a quick visit to check on potential mom-to-be Luna, our 10-year-old Mexican gray wolf. They had no idea they would get the thrill of a lifetime to witness the birth of the Zoo’s first wolf pup litter in 20 years! The teens were able to identify two squirmy little pups around 8:30 p.m., and Luna’s labor produced more pups throughout the night and into this morning.