I’m Mark Kamhout, curator of mammals at Lincoln Park Zoo. Today’s Endangered Species Day seems like a natural time to reflect on the many threatened species of animals around the world.

Lincoln Park Zoo's rhinos offer a connection to their endangered counterparts in the wild, whose numbers are declining due to poaching.

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Mengyao and Xing Fu, the Sichuan takin baby boys born January 31 and February 9 to two different mothers at Lincoln Park Zoo, are welcome arrivals. They’ve charmed visitors and zoo staff with their lively play in the takin herd’s yard at the Antelope & Zebra Area.

Jinse, one of the zoo’s adult female takins, spends time with the two male offspring recently born at the zoo.

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A Solomon Island leaf frog perches on a caregiver's finger. Amphibian species around the world are facing an ongoing conservation crisis.

You may have heard by now that amphibian populations, including frogs, are in sharp declines around the world. There are more than 7,000 species of amphibians; of that number, more than 30 percent are currently threatened. 168 species are believed to have gone extinct in just the last 20 years.

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We’ve had an amazing past couple of months at Regenstein Center for African Apes with the births of gorillas Patty (October 11) and Nayembi (November 16). They’re two gorilla girls with two very different mothers.

Now three months old, Patty shows off her newly sprouted teeth next to mom Bana.

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New gorillas Mosi and Umande enjoy a snack--and each other's company--behind the scenes at Regenstein Center for African Apes.

In theory, summer is a great time to take a road trip. However, I’m happy to start staying in one place for a while! Over the past six weeks, my staff and I traveled more than 1,900 miles, crossed six state lines and spent 36 hours on the road moving nearly 1,000 pounds of live cargo.

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