Nocturnal house



A nocturnal house, sometimes called a nocturama, is a building in a zoo or research establishment where nocturnal animals are kept and viewable by the public. The unique feature of buildings of this type is that the lighting within is isolated from the outside and reversed; i.e. it is dark during the day and lit at night. This is to enable visitors and researchers to more conveniently study nocturnal animals during daylight hours.

Internally, a building usually consists of several glass-walled enclosures containing a replica of the animals' normal environments. In the case of burrowing animals, often their tunnels are 'half-glassed' so the animals can be observed while underground.

USA

 * Kingdoms of The Night, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (Nebraska)
 * Nocturnal Building and Aviary, Columbus Zoo & Aquarium (Ohio)
 * Animals of The Night, Memphis Zoo (Tennessee)
 * Bat House in Jaguar Jungle, Audubon Zoo (Louisiana)
 * Brazos by Night, Cameron Park Zoo (Texas)
 * Mouse House, Bronx Zoo (New York)
 * Desert's Edge and Clouded leopard Rain Forest, Brookfield Zoo (Illinois)
 * Night Hunters Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens(Ohio)

Mexico

 * Guadalajara Zoo

United Kingdom

 * Nightlife, ZSL London Zoo
 * Fruit Bat Forest, Chester Zoo

Europe

 * Berlin Zoological Garden
 * Frankfurt Zoological Garden
 * Moscow Zoo
 * Prague Zoo
 * Plzen Zoo
 * Budapest Zoological and Botanical Garden

Australasia

 * Taronga Zoo
 * Wild Life Sydney
 * Adelaide Zoo
 * Perth Zoo
 * David Fleay Wildlife Park
 * Auckland Zoo

India

 * Nandankanan Zoological Park

USA

 * World of Darkness, Bronx Zoo (New York) - closed 2009


 * The Night Exhibit, Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle, WA) - closed 2010