🦁 Zoos, aquariums and nature centers in New Orleans
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Zoos and animal parks
- Audubon Insectariumaudubonnatureinstitute.org
Canal Street, New Orleans · A live-insect museum with a free-flying butterfly garden, a working honey bee hive and over 50 live arthropod exhibits.
- Audubon Zooaudubonnatureinstitute.org
Uptown, New Orleans · An AZA-accredited zoo on Magazine Street with endangered animals from around the world, a Louisiana Swamp habitat and a train ride.
Aquariums
- Audubon Aquarium of the Americasaudubonnatureinstitute.org
Canal Street, New Orleans · An AZA-accredited riverfront aquarium with over 3,600 animals from more than 250 species, including African penguins and a white alligator.
Nature centers, wildlife refuges and raptor centers
- Barataria Preserve, Jean Lafitte National Historical Parknps.gov
Marrero · A bayou, swamp and marsh preserve home to alligators and over 200 bird species, with a day-use area open during visitor center repairs.
- Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refugefws.gov
New Orleans · A federal refuge of marshes beside Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne with a boardwalk trail for seeing shorebirds, alligators and waterfowl.