Start my year out with a fine day at the Woodlland Park Zoo .. 🩷

Happy New Year everyone, may 2026 bring us all what we’re hoping for .. here’s to brighter times & a better year ahead! 🥂

🌟Merry Christmas everyone🌟

❄️🌗 Happy Winter solstice! In China the Winter Solstice is as important as the Lunar New Year. On this shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, it has long been seen by elders as the perfect time for nourishment and wellness …

Nature is beautiful.💛

My sweet little girl Ume’s growing up so fast .. 💖

Some calming serenity for your hump day.

Happy weekend everyone! 🐻‍❄️

Are you my Mom?

The Beauty in nature.🧡

Stressed? … this will help calm your nervous system.

Our local girl Laerke is having a great time resourcefully entertaining herself with a nearby tree branch!❤️🐻‍❄️

Speak up fur endangered species! Proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act would severely weaken our most powerful tool for saving wildlife. Make your voice heard before the public comment deadline on Dec. 22

Nothing like the beauty of nature to bring on a smile. 🤍🖤

Post Thanksgiving weekend …

Kicking back from the long holiday weekend.🤍

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Thanksgiving Eve … setting the mood for some down time & post meal naps.🤍

Happy Saturday everyone!

Winter’s coming … ❄️🐻‍❄️

Nature .. it’s amazing!

Tuesday touch. Photogrpah by @danieljcox.bsky.social

Happy Sunday people, be a good human & spread some love!🩷

Saturday .. for sure!🤍

The beauty of nature! 🤍

A soccer star in the making .. go Tula! ⚽️ 🐘 ❤️

It’s #PolarBearWeek! 🐻‍❄️ Meet Laerke, our polar bear ambassador, as we celebrate and raise awareness for her wild cousins facing a changing Arctic. Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt, travel, and raise their young, but that ice is melting earlier each year as our climate warms.

And Sunday … 🤍

Happy international Snow Leopard Day .. a ‘Thank You‘ goes out to the Woodland Park Zoo for their efforts in conservation of this beautiful species!

Bao Li & Qing Bao arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo a year ago today(10/15/24). It’s been a year filled with joy because of them .. here’s to many more! 🐼💕🐼

Fern enjoying the fresh Fall air at the Woodland Park Zoo this morning.🐻

Little Bowie & Mama Kushali sharing some mother-daughter play time at the Woodland Park Zoo this morning. 💕

Little Bowie at the Woodland Park Zoo, enjoying some honeycomb this morning. 🍯

Thank you for your unwavering contribution to the world Jane .. rest in peace. 🕊️

Congratulations, Chunk! You deserve it! Fat Bear Champ!

Meet your FAT BEAR WEEK 2025 champion. Chunk the Hunk. The Chunkster. 32 Chunk. All hail the new king of Brooks River 👑

Friends, today is All for Animals Giving Day and we need your help to reach our goal of raising $75,000 for education, species–saving field programs and world-class animal care. Today only—thanks to our Giving Day sponsors, every gift you make today will be matched! Join us: zoo.org/givingday

Time to vote for this year’s champion .. let’s see who gets to take the crown! 🐻👑

Your semi-final winners are 856 and 32 Chunk, and now they’re headed to tomorrow's Fat Bear Tuesday finale! 602 may be out, but his iconic bum gets an honorary crown. See you tomorrow babes.

Fat Bear Week day 2 and the drama’s already bubbling. First up it’s 909, Beadnose bloodline and serving family legacy, facing off against mama bear 26, who’s somehow raising spring cubs and still fat enough for the bracket. Vote now at fatbearweek.org

Fat Bear week has officially started .. good luck to all the contestant & let the voting begin! 🐻

A proper villa vibe. Is this chunky legend floating into Fat Bear Week? The ultimate bracket reveal goes live today at 4 pm PT. Don’t miss it.

Link to join the live bracket reveal event and subscribe to event alerts! www.youtube.com/live/CN3kdas...

Happy International Red Panda Day! Here are 5 things you can do to support Carson and his species. #internationalredpandaday

Wow!

Biggie took the Jr division .. congrats sister! Now she‘ll move on to face some Big competition in next weeks full on Fat Bear week, she’ll be coming up against some Portly competitors so we wish her the best of luck & will be rooting for her. Good luck Biggie! 🫶🏻🐻💪

Time to vote for your favorite Jr Fat Bear .. who will be the winner?! 🐻👑

It’s Fat Bear Jr time … place your votes to help pick this years junior winner! 🐻

Happy Birthday Qing Bao, it so fun to watch you celebrate your 4th birthday with all your adoring fan’s at the SNZ this morning. Sending special birthday wishes your way sweet girl! 🎉💖🍠🧁

Steve has made a new friend down the pub