Rainier AAZK

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

Roano our rescued Central American boa exploring his habitat using his long tongue to “taste” the air. The snake rapidly flicks its tongue out to collect scent particles from different areas. 🐍

📷: Keeper Lisa

01/16/2025

01/14/2025

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01/13/2025

Happy National Sticker Day! Rainier AAZK designs and sells stickers to support conservation initiatives. These stickers can be purchased at our Antler Dog Chew booths and picture some Northwest Trek favorites including badger sisters, Lavender and Poppy, Fern the Black Bear, and Mountain Goat heard! Visit Northwest Trek Wildlife Park during an event to pick up these stickers at the Rainier AAZK booth!

01/13/2025

Did you find the two Western Toads in this photo?
You can identify Western Toads by their large size and oval-shaped parotid glands behind the eyes. Their body coloration ranges from gray to green, with a lighter line down the middle of their back. Their warts are red and black. Western Toads can wedge themselves in tight spaces when threatened by inflating air sacs inside the body. Come see our Western Toads at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park!

Photo Credit: Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

01/11/2025

Happy 2025! It’s a new year, which means new posts! Can you find the two Western Toads in this photo?

Western Toads are native to Washington state but are not currently common. Climate change, habitat loss, and water pollutants threaten Western Toad populations. Therefore, they are now classified as a Species of Greatest Concern and a Priority Conservation Species in the state. Look out for these amphibious friends in the Cheney Center at Northwest Trek, but if you see one in the wild, admire it from a distance!

01/10/2025

Leaving this week behind like...🐾

This adorable baby bobcat from Modoc National Wildlife Refuge is already on the prowl! Cute, fierce and fully focused on the weekend ahead.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Photo by L. Phillips

01/10/2025

Have you spotted any kingfishers lately? Birds that spend summers in Canada and some northern states will migrate south for the winter, but many will stay put as long as open water is available.

📷 courtesy of Gordon Garcia