Nature is filled with incredible creatures, but none have the power to take our breath away quite like the elephant. The combination of human-relatable social behavior, high intelligence, and ...

Plants are invited to the party too, with many zoos weaving botanical gardens through every exhibit. We've ferreted ... and voted on by readers as the best of the best.

The Lied Jungle at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium won in the Best Zoo Exhibit category. The elephant exhibit at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Kansas placed second. The Omaha zoo also won Best Safari ...

Two Colorado zoos made the cut for Best Zoo Exhibits in 2025 after zoos nationwide were nominated by a panel of experts and then voted on by USA Today’s readership: the Toyota Elephant Passage ...

Exhibits at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, located in Colorado Springs, and the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance, joined zoos from every corner of the country in this year’s USA Today’s 10 Best ...

In a poll, USA TODAY readers voted Jacksonville's zoo among the Top 10 in the U.S. The zoo's Land of the Tigers exhibit was voted one of the nation's best zoo exhibits in 10BEST's 2023 poll.

USA TODAY readers have spoken: The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is among the best zoos in America. The Cincinnati Zoo ranked No. 5 among America's best zoos in the 2025 10Best Readers ...

Best Zoo Exhibit, and Best Zoo Membership. Voting begins at 11 a.m. CST on Feb. 10, and participants can vote once per day on the 10 Best USA Today website here. The San Antonio Zoo has been ...

Congratulations to our 2024 winners; you can now visit our 2025 Best Zoo contest ... And, of course, you can explore all the animal exhibits, from the tiny desert pupfish to the African elephant.