Complete List of Florida Zoos for the 2025 Season

26 Zoos Found in Florida

Brevard Zoo

Melbourne

Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida is an accredited, nonprofit zoological park situated on 75 acres, featuring lush, open-air habitats that house over 800 animals from around the world[2][5]. Key features include five distinct and immersive animal habitats, interactive experiences such as giraffe feeding, rhino encounters, and multiple bird feeding opportunities[1][3]. The zoo also offers unique activities like kayak tours, train rides,...

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Tampa

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, is a leading theme park and zoological destination for 2025, featuring the newly opened Wild Oasis realm—a vibrant, rainforest-inspired area designed to immerse visitors in nature and adventure. Key features of Wild Oasis include a multi-species animal habitat called Habitat Hideaway, where guests can encounter notable animals such as capybaras, giant anteaters (including one...

Butterfly World

3600 W Sample Rd Coconut Creek, FL 33073

Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida, is a renowned attraction featuring six expansive, screened aviaries filled with over 20,000 live exotic butterflies and some of the world’s most vibrant birds. Visitors can stroll through lush, tropical gardens teeming with colorful butterflies, enjoy interactive experiences like feeding lorikeets with nectar, and observe a variety of unique birds and insects in beautifully maintained...

Center for Great Apes

Wauchula

The Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, is a permanent sanctuary dedicated to the lifelong care of orangutans and chimpanzees retired from entertainment, research, or the pet trade. The sanctuary provides a safe, enriching environment and focuses on animal welfare, education, and conservation efforts[1]. Notable residents include Bubbles, the famous chimpanzee once owned by Michael Jackson, who has lived at...

Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens

3755 N.W. Highway 17-92 at I-4 (Exit 104) Sanford, Florida

The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, located in Sanford, Florida, offers visitors a vibrant combination of animal exhibits and lush gardens, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025[2][4]. Key features include expansive Botanical Gardens with highlights such as a Butterfly Garden, Spiny Garden, Bromeliad Collection, and Fern Collection, each designed to showcase plant diversity and support pollinators like butterflies and hummingbirds[1]....

Dade City’s Wild Things

37245 Meridian Ave Dade City, FL 33525

Experience a “once in a lifetime” walking tour of over 170 ANIMALS ON EXHIBIT, surrounded by a natural botanical garden landscape… You will be amazed at how close you will be to stalking tigers, playing bears, roaring lions, mischievous monkeys, swimming otters, calling birds and so much more. It will be an experience you will never forget as these animals interact with...

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Lake Buena Vista

Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, is a renowned zoological theme park at Walt Disney World Resort, offering immersive animal encounters, themed lands, and innovative attractions for 2025. Key features include the ongoing transformation of the former Dinoland U.S.A. into the new Tropical Americas area, with future attractions inspired by Encanto and Indiana Jones currently under construction and set...

Dolphin Research Center

Marathon

The Dolphin Research Center in Marathon, Florida, is a nonprofit education and research facility located on Grassy Key, just north of Marathon. It is home to a family of rescued and non-releasable dolphins as well as sea lions, all cared for in a welcoming environment focused on animal welfare and education[1][5]. Visitors can enjoy a range of interactive experiences, including opportunities...

Flamingo Gardens

3750 S Flamingo Road, Davie, Florida 33330-1614

Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida is a historic botanical garden and wildlife sanctuary established in 1927, featuring over 3,000 species of rare, exotic, tropical, subtropical, and native plants and trees[1]. The sanctuary is renowned for its large collection of Florida native wildlife, including permanently injured and non-releasable animals, and is celebrated as one of the best places in Florida to see...

Florida Aquarium

Tampa

The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, Florida is a leading marine attraction, recently ranked #8 on USA Today’s 2025 list of top U.S. aquariums[4]. In 2025, the aquarium is showcasing major new features as part of a $45 million expansion project[1][2][3]. Key highlights include The Tide Pool, a new, immersive touch tank exhibit inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Opening August 1, 2025,...

Gulf Breeze Zoo

Gulf Breeze

The Gulf Breeze Zoo in Gulf Breeze, Florida is a family-friendly wildlife park featuring over 800 animals from around the world. Key features include the Safari Express Train Ride, which allows visitors to view expansive open-range habitats, and a scenic boardwalk that offers elevated views of animal exhibits and lush surroundings[1][2]. Notable animals at the zoo include giraffes, hippos (such as...

Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

Jacksonville

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida is a nationally recognized attraction, recently ranked as the No. 4 ‘Best Zoo’ in the nation by USA TODAY. The zoo features over 2,000 rare and exotic animals and 1,000 varieties of plants across immersive, award-winning habitats such as the Land of the Tiger, Primate Forest, and Range of the Jaguar[1]. Visitors can...

Key West Aquarium

Key West

The Key West Aquarium, located in Mallory Square, Key West, Florida, offers visitors close encounters with some of the Florida Keys’ most notable aquatic wildlife. Key features include exhibits with sharks, stingrays, American alligators, and jellyfish.The Atlantic Shores exhibit highlights a living red mangrove ecosystem, an essential habitat in the region. Visitor experiences feature interactive opportunities such as a touch tank with...

Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory

Key West

The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory in Key West, Florida offers visitors the chance to walk through a tropical paradise filled with hundreds of free-flying butterflies from around the world, as well as many exotic bird species that add vibrant color and sound to the experience[2]. Guests can also encounter unique animals, including turtles featured in special events like “Turtle...

Lion Country Safari

Loxahatchee

Lion Country Safari in Loxahatchee, Florida, is a renowned drive-through safari park and adventure destination set on 320 acres, featuring over 900 animals roaming expansive habitats near West Palm Beach[1][4]. Key features include a multi-zone drive-through safari where visitors observe herds of giraffes, zebras, rhinoceroses, lions, chimpanzees, wildebeest, ostriches, kudu, and many other species, all from the comfort of their own...

Lowry Park Zoo

Tampa

Re-opened at its current site in 1988, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo is today ranked the number 1 zoo in the U.S. (Parents magazine 2009 & Childmagazine 2004) and recognized by the State of Florida as a center for Florida wildlife conservation and biodiversity (HB 457). The region’s only dedicated zoological garden, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo was designed to enhance quality of life in greater Tampa...

Miami Seaquarium

Miami Seaquarium 4400 Rickenbacker, Causeway Miami, Fl 33149

You’ve heard the mysterious legends and fascinating facts about dolphins, one of the world’s most magnificent marine mammals. Now, you can have a hands-on experience with one of these amazing animals at Dolphin Harbor, the new home to our dolphin interaction programs at Miami Seaquarium.

Mote Marine Laboratory

Sarasota

Mote Marine Laboratory has been a leader in marine research since it was founded in 1955. Today, we incorporate public outreach as a key part of our mission. Mote is an independent nonprofit organization and has seven centers for marine research, the public Mote Aquarium and an Education Division specializing in public programs for all ages.

Naples Zoo

Naples

Beyond the exhibits and gardens, the best of the zoo can be seen by taking in the full day of fun and entertaining presentations and activities that have a solid conservation foundation. Safari Canyon presentations like Planet Predator and Serpents:Fangs & Fiction enable you to understand wildlife in exciting ways through living animals, wildlife video, and live camera close-ups. The...

Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park

West Palm Beach

The Palm Beach Zoo is a non profit zoological organization located at Dreher Park in West Palm Beach. The Zoo houses over 1,400 animals within 23 acres of lush tropical habitat. Its mission is to provide an open-air classroom of living creatures to foster awareness, appreciation and respect for the natural world. In addition to exciting animals from all over...

Reptile World Serpentarium

St. Cloud

The entire show of Reptile World Serpentarium is fascinating but the large snakes are the most impressive. The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the largest of its kind, bares huge fangs and spits copious venom into the collection glass. The black and white spitting cobra requires special care. As its name suggests, it spits its venom into its victim’s eyes and the recommended...

Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo

St Gainesville

The Teaching Zoo is operated as a part of Santa Fe College’s Zoo Animal Technology Program; it is the premier wild animal technology program in the United States. Supervised by the professional staff of the Teaching Zoo, the students get hands-on experience in every aspect of wild animal care, from daily care to habitat construction and maintenance, and working with...

SeaWorld Orlando

Orange

Be inspired at Sea World. Located in Orlando, Florida is a combination theme park and marine life zoological park that gives guests a unique experience they will never forget. It is devoted to teaching guests about the wonders and beauty of marine life and ways to help conserve these majestic creatures. Come watch the famous and charming Shamu in “Believe”. Watch in...

St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park

St. Augustine

he Alligator Farm first received AZA accreditation in 1989 and has continued to meet AZA’s ever-rising standards for animal care, veterinary programs, conservation, education and safety for the last 20 years. To be accredited, AZA requires zoos and aquariums to successfully complete a rigorous accreditation process every five years which includes a detailed application and a meticulous on-site inspection of...

The Seas with Nemo & Friends

Living Seas Heliport‎ Orlando, FL 32836 United States

he Seas with Nemo & Friends attraction is a ride for Guests of all ages in Future World in Epcot theme park inspired by the characters from the Disney·Pixar filmFinding Nemo. Board a “clamobile” and gently descend below the waves into a colorful underwater world where Nemo and his friends explore colorful tropical reefs, discover ancient shipwrecks, meet beautiful sea creatures and avoid...

Zoo Miami

Miami

ami-Dade County Zoological Park and Gardens – Zoo Miami – is proud to present a new monthly feature highlighting the many wonderful animals and plants found throughout our park. With over 2,000 animals and more than 1,200 plants visible from our walkways, it may not be possible for the casual, or even the regular visitor, to see, admire and learn...

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