On August, 19th, we will host one of our partner : the Primates Project France, who is running a great conservation project in Guinea : a Conservation Center for Chimpanzee ! During this special day, you will meet volunteers on this center, they will make you...
A second calf is born on July, 1st ! This tall female (1.75m at birth !) is born after a gestation period of 14 months, and was awake less than one hour after birth !...
In July and August, the zoo is open everyday from 9:30 to 19:00. For your compfort, we advice you to viist us preferentially at the beginning or at the end of the day, so as to benefit of the coolness, and to observe more active animals...
On June, 16th, our family of lemurs catta gets bigger : a baby is born ! This young is carried by its mother, on the abdomen or on the back. We will need to wait a few months to know if it is a male...
On June, 8th, a pretty little giraffa is born. This female, born after a gestation period of 14 months, spent the first weeks of its life in the peacefulness of their boses, now stats to discover the outside world. It is still young, that is...
Two red pandas joined our zoo ! They don't belong to the family of Giant Panda : the word "panda" would mean "bambou eater" in Nepalese, indeed 95% of their diet is made of this vegetal...
Let’s discover the biggest feline of the world, its characteristics and how it situation is worrying (they’re now more numerous in captivity than in the wild). From 11am to 5pm, meet us in front of the tiger’s enclosure to participate to many activities, discover some facts...
For the 8th time at La Barben, we offer to the Marseille hospitalized children to spend a magic and private evening in our zoo. This « Dreamnight » will take place on Friday the 3rd of June, so we will have to close the zoo at 03pm to...
What may a bear, a vulture and a lynx have in common ? They're all carnivorous and we're proud to say that they all live in France ! Saturday the 30th of April, let's meet us at the zoo for a day which will be 100%...
Zoo takes part in the « Let it grow » campaign about local biodiversity. Proposed by EAZA (European association of zoos and aquaria), it will last 2 years ! But biodiversity… What does it mean ? Why is that so important ? What can we do to protect...