In Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Park, discover the challenges of animal research, protection and conservation in captivity and in the wild.

Did You Know:
A giraffe’s sticky, black tongue can be more than 18 inches long.

The elephant’s closest relative is the hyrax, which is found in the Middle East and Africa. However unlike the elephant, the hyrax is only about one foot long.

The rarest rainforest animal is the golden lion tamarin. With their natural territories being destroyed for plantations, there are less than 250 tamarins left in the world and they may soon be extinct.