A Fall Day at the Saint Louis Zoo

By Julia Province Dec 6, 2016 Julia Province, MBU Timeline, media, Missouri Baptist University, Saint Louis Forest Park, Saint Louis Zoo

The Saint Louis Zoo looks beautiful as the park prepares for the holiday season. The Zoo’s Wild Lights event runs select nights throughout December and features light displays as well as fun holiday themed activities. Zoo guests can listen to carolers sing, drink hot chocolate and watch ice sculptures being created. A selection of animal exhibits will also be open during the Wild Lights event plus kids’ rides and shopping and souvenir opportunities.

Photos by Julia Province

An elephant wishing fountain welcomes visitors as they enter the park from the zoo’s north entrance.

Zoo visitors have a caricature drawn of themselves.

Zoo visitors stroll along one of the park’s walkways.

A bug crawls across a log in its enclosure.

The zoo’s insectarium is a fun and creepy attraction for kids and adults alike.

A friendly tarantula poses for zoo guests.

A butterfly rests on a leaf in the butterfly enclosure.

Alligators soak up some of the remaining afternoon sun in their exhibit.

A zookeeper interacts with a sea lion through the exhibits’s glass tunnel walls.

By Julia Province

Julia Province is an editor for MBU Timeline. She is majoring in communications studies and minoring in psychology at Missouri Baptist University. She has a love for all things photography and Photoshop, but in her free time she can often be found participating in one of MBU’s group yoga classes.