February is Member Appreciation Month

We love our members and to show our thanks for all you do for the zoo, we’re offering special activities and benefits during the month of February.


Chimps Should Be Chimps

Produced by Lincoln Park Zoo's Project ChimpCARE, this free, interactive iPad children's book shares how chimps should be free to be themselves, from chimp head to chimp toe!

Learn more about Chimps Should Be Chimps!

Massasaugas Take the Season Off

A winter cool down behind the scenes at Regenstein Small Mammal–Reptile House primes endangered eastern massasauga rattlesnakes for spring breeding.

Read about the cool conditions.

Your Connection to Care

Gifts to the Annual Fund make possible everything Lincoln Park Zoo does, from feeding the animals to keeping the zoo free and open every day of the year.

Make an Annual Fund Gift Today!

Smart & Soulful Gardening

Join Lincoln Park Zoo February 1 for a free workshop exploring new ways to envision your garden as you plan for next growing season.

Learn more about Smart & Soulful Gardening

New Arrivals

Wondering what's new at the zoo? Meet our newborn Bolivian gray titi monkey and check in on a growing black-necked stilt!

See Our Latest Arrivals

Valentine's Day Wish List

Brighten up winter with a wild Valentine’s Day gift! Make the day special for Lincoln Park Zoo’s animals with gifts of sweet fruit and crunchy veggies.

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Are You Crazy for Cats?

If so, feast with your favorite exotic felines at Lincoln Park Zoo January 28, 2012. Enjoy a hearty breakfast in the Kovler Lion House while learning fascinating facts and hearing wild stories about the zoo’s lions, tigers and leopards, which are at their most active in the morning.

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Go Wild at Breakfast with the Apes

Join Lincoln Park Zoo on Sunday, March 4, 2012 for the wildest breakfast you'll ever eat! Enjoy a hearty breakfast while getting nose-to-nose with gorillas and chimpanzees at Regenstein Center for African Apes.

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Lincoln Park Zoo News


Who's the newest baby to emerge from the den? When's the next opportunity to Sleep Under the Skyscrapers? Our weekly ZooMail newsletter digest highlights animal updates, program offerings and more!

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Chimpanzees in Commercials
Thursday, January 26, 2012

It has come to my attention that Chicago-based company CareerBuilder will again use chimpanzees in advertisements during the SuperBowl this year. Just like last year, I am upset by this news and disappointed with those who have chosen to use chimpanzees—dressed like humans—for comedic effect.

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