<P> A variety of animals are represented from four continents in River's Edge . The South America exhibit displays spectacled bears, bush dogs, capybaras, giant anteaters, and scarlet macaws . The African Savanna displays black rhinoceros, African wild dogs, sacred ibises, bat - eared foxes, red river hogs, and a colony of southern carmine bee - eaters . The African Nile features hippopotamus, tilapia, cheetahs, spotted hyenas, and a colony of dwarf mongoose . The Asia exhibit features adult Asian elephants and sun bears . The North American exhibit displays fish and wildlife from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers containing crayfish, American bullfrog, channel catfish, gar, and bluegill . </P> <P> The St. Louis Children's Zoo has many educational features, such as the see - through slide through the otter pool and many birds, snakes, frogs, and other animals that volunteers and staff bring out for the kids to see up close . This is one of the only exhibits at the Zoo that requires an admittance fee; however admission is free for the first hour the zoo is open during the summer . As of March 2016, the zoo has Tasmanian devils in this section . </P> <P> Most of the zoo's invertebrates are found in the Monsanto Insectarium . Represented species include leafcutter ant, flower mantis, Vietnamese walking stick, Atlas beetle, American burying beetle, sunburst diving beetle, water scorpion, brown widow spider, brown recluse spider, yellow garden spiders, Platymeris biguttatus, cobalt blue tarantula, Texas brown tarantula, and Egyptian fattail scorpion . </P> <P> The Wild is home to Polar Bear Point, Conservation Carousel, Fragile Forest, Jungle of the Apes, and Penguin and Puffin Coast . Polar Bear Point features a polar bear called Kali . Two grizzly bears arrived for the opening of Grizzly Ridge in 2017 . The Fragile Forest and Jungle of the Apes features gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans in a naturalized outdoor setting . Penguin and Puffin Coast displays a variety of water birds including Humboldt penguins, Emperor penguins, King penguins, rockhopper, gentoo penguins, horned puffins, tufted puffins, and king eiders . Individual habitats for red pandas and black - tailed prairie dogs are also in The Wild . </P>

List of animals at the st louis zoo