What's New

Loading into your zoo will now be faster, we fixed a major loading issue. We have also fixed the vanishing zoo area bug.



Your voice matters: we've added voting! Help shape Zoo Guardians with our new Polls feature. Animals under the weather? Check out the animal sickness report. View all your animals needing care in one spot. Optimizations have also been made to Quests and other features.



*Find a bug? Let us know at zooguardians.com/support

App Description

Build, customize, and expand your very own zoo while caring for a variety of exotic animals!

The endangered animals of the world need your help! BUILD the perfect zoo while CARING for, FEEDING and SAVING animals - all through the lens of Smithsonian wildlife conservation.

• Build and Customize Your Own Zoo – Who says you have to be a tycoon to build your own zoo? Become the ultimate zoo architect by building habitats and choosing from 8 different biomes: Polar, Savanna, Tropical, Mountain, Temperate, Prairie, Wetlands, or Desert. Decide which animals to place in each habitat and then invite visitors to come learn about your animals!

• Care for Your Animals – Put your Zoo Guardian skills to the test by adopting and caring for over 58 endangered species, including cheetahs, elephants, birds, tigers, pandas, rhinos and more! You need to clean their habitats, feed them, and treat them to enrichment items in order to keep your animals happy.

• Collect “Fun Fact Cards” – Earn Fun Fact Cards for each of your animals by giving them proper care. With up to 15 Fun Facts per card, discover your animals’ preferences, as well as what they need to survive – which ultimately helps you build the best Zoo.

• Interact in Augmented Reality - Become the ultimate Zoo Guardian by interacting with animals in your own world via augmented reality! Learn about their fight or flight tendencies, feed them their preferred foods, and photograph their behaviors for study.

• Level Up Your Zoo IQ – Increase your zoology knowledge by completing daily quests, contributing to the World Watch mission and earning daily rewards!

• Save the Animals - Fight global extinction by nurturing your animals to peak wellness and preparing them for relocation back into the wild using techniques you learn from your in-game Smithsonian mentor. Become a fearless conservationist and defend the planet against the evils that threaten animal extinction.

Become a conservation hero today - Download Zoo Guardians for free to get started!

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • October 23, 2020 Initial release
  • November 12, 2020 New version 1.2.1
  • December 10, 2020 New version 1.2.2
  • August 06, 2021 New version 1.10.0