The zoo features many naturalistic outdoor habitats for its animal residents, including:

The large naturalistic habitat for African lions includes large rock formations and a waterfall.

Placing monkeys together in the more naturalistic habitat has improved their breeding success and parenting skills, Dr. Snowdon said.

In 1991 the zoo was privatized, and the program to get the animals out from behind bars and into more naturalistic habitats began.

Some 265 wooded acres are devoted to naturalistic habitats.

Each area features naturalistic habitats and replicated tropic and aquatic ecosystems, with three major exhibits built without barriers so the birds can fly freely among Zoo visitors.

Completed in 1914, the Mappin Terraces imitates a mountain landscape to provide a naturalistic habitat for bears and other mountain wildlife.

They are provided with a large naturalistic outdoor habitat that includes a pool and waterfall, as well as private indoor areas.

Oman's flora will be displayed within a series of naturalistic habitats.

Over the past couple decades, many zoos have expanded their naturalistic habitats and all but abandoned animal cages.