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Waiting Out Winter |
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Massasaugas Take the Season Off |
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A Big Chill Animals in the wild hibernate in response to winter’s lack of food, shorter days and colder temps. |
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By the Numbers—Bolivian Gray Titi Monkey New arrival Ocho is busy using family members as exercise equipment! |
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Creepy Critters—Dyeing Poison Arrow Frogs Toxic skin protects dyeing poison arrow frogs against predators, but they remain vulnerable to the amphibian crisis threatening frogs across the globe. |
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Bringing Camp to the Community By offering 10 full Conservation Camp scholarships to kids in Mercy Housing homes, Lincoln Park Zoo created new opportunities for campers to meet friends and connect with nature. |
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Creepy Critters—Dwarf Crocodiles The zoo’s juvenile dwarf crocodiles hunt like their larger cousins—but on a scale that substitutes crickets for wildebeest as prey. Learn more with our Creepy Critters close-up! |
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Celebrating Seniors—Guam Micronesian Kingfishers We close our month of Celebrating Seniors by looking at the zoo’s Guam Micronesian kingfishers. They may not be geriatric, but these endangered birds have 52 grandkids between them! |
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Change at Kovler Penguin-Seabird House After 30 years, the Kovler Penguin-Seabird House permanently closed December 5. While we’ll miss the birds as they move to new homes in accredited zoos and aquariums, Lincoln Park Zoo looks forward to preparing our next great exhibit. |
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Celebrating Seniors—African Wild Dogs The two-dog pack may be aging, but expert care ensures the zoo’s African wild dogs can still sniff out scents…and a good nap. |
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Celebrating Seniors—Western Lowland Gorilla See how dietary changes and extra exercise helped silverback gorilla JoJo stay healthy in his top spot. |
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Celebrating Seniors—Andean Bears Get an inside look at how Lincoln Park Zoo cares for its elder statesmen with this Celebrating Seniors profile of the Andean bears! |
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Snake Signals Six more smooth green snakes return to the wild! By equipping the reptiles with tiny transmitters, scientists will track them as they establish homes in the Lake County Forest Preserve District. |
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Road to Recovery Lincoln Park Zoo and the Lake County Forest Preserve District reintroduce the first smooth green snakes to the local ecosystem. |
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Animal Enrichment for Earth Day Special enrichment is offered throughout the zoo as part of this annual celebration of nature. |
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Braving the Blizzard Lincoln Park Zoo President and CEO Kevin J. Bell recognized the employees who braved the elements in the aftermath of February’s blizzard. |
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Dr. Fisher Turns 90 Guests and gorillas were on hand to wish a happy birthday to Lincoln Park Zoo legend Dr. Lester E. Fisher. See the fun—including piñata “cake” and “presents” for the animal attendees. |
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Snow Day In the wake of the blizzard, Lincoln Park Zoo staff dig into a day of shovels and snacks. |
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Protecting People, Pets and Predators It's vaccination season in the Serengeti, with benefits for the entire African ecosystem. |
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Leaving a Legacy Heritage Society members enjoy an inside look at the zoo they've planned to preserve. |
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Update from the Arctic Lead Keeper Anthony Nielsen shares digging up permafrost in the Arctic to study climate change, a trip made possible by the Feay Earthwatch Grant. |
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Field Ready In Africa, there’s no shortage of plans to conserve the continent’s wildlife. Park managers, field researchers and government committees are all adept at developing ideas to save African wild dogs or encourage the growth of the black rhinoceros population. |
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Conserving the Congo Getting to the Goualougo Triangle, the isolated field-research site of Lincoln Park Zoo Research Fellow David Morgan, Ph.D., involves the kind of journey that would be at home in an old adventure serial. |
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Census in the Caribbean: Preserving the Puerto Rican Parrot The only U.S. parrot, and one of the first species protected under the Endangered Species Act, the Puerto Rican parrot saw its numbers decline in parallel with the island’s development. |
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Protecting Primates When not caring for the chimpanzees and gorillas in Regenstein Center for African Apes, Keeper Jill Moyse spends her time arranging aid for primates in sanctuaries across Africa. |
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Songs & Snuggles, Pebbles & Pursuit The displays of courtship and methods of breeding at Lincoln Park Zoo are as diverse as the animals exhibiting them. |
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Seasoned Support 38 years of membership reflects Eric and Barb Youngquist’s commitment to keeping Lincoln Park Zoo free and open to all. |
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Carlyn & Irving Ungar Members like the Ungars personify the zoo’s longstanding role in the lives of generations of Chicagoans. |
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Introducing Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo The zoo unveiled its new urban ecosystem today, welcoming visitors to the transformed landscape of Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. |
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Birthday Bash JoJo’s gorilla group at Regenstein Center for African Apes enjoyed some special enrichment to celebrate the silverback’s 30th birthday! |
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Nature Boardwalk Update A season of progress in creating Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. |
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Animals at Play Balls, bubbles, barrels & bear hugs! |
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Pond in Progress Work continues to transform the South Pond into the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. |
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Zoo Honors Lincoln Park Zoo receives AZA awards in conservation and education |
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A New Vision Lincoln Park Zoo President and CEO Kevin J. Bell has been named Chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. |
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Red Wolf Travel Journal Follow the journal of Veterinarian Owen Slater, D.V.M., as he and Curator Diane Mulkerin travel to North Carolina to reintroduce four red wolf pups to wild dens. |
