ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A new $6 million gift is helping to create immersive Discovery Trails at the Detroit Zoo, set to open in the summer of 2026.

On Wednesday Morning, the Detroit Zoological Society announced the $6 million gift to create the Fred and Barbara Erb Discovery Trails.

The immersive experience was first announced last October . It's set to span seven acres, and will include aerial adventures, a family-friendly multi-sensory path, and animal encounter spaces where guests can feed brush goats, feed chickens, and see bamboo sharks and stingrays.

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We're told that the gift is one of the largest in the zoo's history.

“We are deeply grateful to the Erb Family Foundati

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