Papers presented at the 1985 conference of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA) are provided in these proceedings. The papers are listed alphabetically by first author in the subject index (table of contents) under these headings: birds (seven papers); conservation and research (eight papers); education (14 papers); exhibit and design (15 papers); finance and marketing (9 papers); fish (two papers); graphics (four papers); herpetology (three papers); horticulture (five papers); mammals (22 papers); management (seven papers); trustees (three papers); and miscellaneous (four papers). In a separate section is a group of 20 papers presented during poster sessions (and including only those papers submitted in sufficient detail) and an evaluation report of the First Special Coordinator and Studbook Keeper Workshop convened at the National Zoological Park's Front Royal facility during the summer of 1984. Black and white photographs and various graphs and tables are interspersed throughout the text. (JN)