The zoo's "Exploration and Discovery Center for Education" opened in 2000. The facility includes classrooms, an educational exhibit room for wildlife presentations, the "Safari Room" for meetings, and offices for the Potter Park Zoo Society and its volunteers. In 2003, "Ivan", the zoo's 20-year-old Amur tiger, died. He was the oldest living Amur tiger in North America. In 2005, endangered tiger cubs were born at Potter Park Zoo; later, they were featured on NBC's Today Show. Also that year, the "River Otter" and "Arctic Fox" exhibits opened.