4.2K views · 39 reactions | ZooTampa at Lowry Park is ready for the hurricane, as animals are ushered into new rooms and the doors are closed to visitors. Hurricane Milton continues to threaten Florida's Gulf Coast, with the Category 5 storm now expected to make landfall at Sarasota, just south of Tampa Bay | Newsweek | Facebook

Congratulations to the folks at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. They got a hippopotamus for Christmas! The pygmy hippo was born Friday and was revealed to the public for the first time Tuesday. Pretty cute! | Tampa Bay Times

88 reactions · 35 shares | On Christmas Day 2009, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo became the first wildlife institution in the North America to hatch a rare African shoebill stork chick, and just the second institution worldwide. | ZooTampa at Lowry Park | Facebook

'CREATURES OF THE NIGHT:' When the sun goes down at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, the creatures of the night awaken for the zoo's annual Halloween adventure on Friday and Saturday nights in October! DETAILS: http://bit.ly/2ygjmYq | FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay