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Meet Finely, a 2-year-old, male giraffe at Regenstein African Journey. He moved to Lincoln Park Zoo from Peoria Zoo as a part of the Giraffe Species Survival Plan®, which collaboratively manages
Read More ›Lincoln Park Zoo and DryHop Brewers are partnering on the release of a new beer to raise funds for Puerto Rican parrot conservation as this species’ habitat was devastated from Hurricane Maria
Read More ›When Lincoln Park Zoo began in 1868, the Civil War had just ended and Lincoln Park was named after the 16th president of the United States. Then, the zoo was a free gathering place for Chicagoans—
Read More ›The zoo’s bird keepers care for diverse species with unique behaviors—and unintentionally comic adaptations. Let keeper Brianna Larson be your guide.
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Happy Arbor Day! Lincoln Park Zoo’s staff celebrated the holiday in traditional style by planting a persimmon tree (pictured above) in front of the Matthew Laflin Memorial Building, 2001 N. Clark
Read More ›Our animals can't lie to Dr. Poop. Rachel Santymire, Ph.D., is director of Lincoln Park Zoo’s Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology and she's earned her Dr. Poop nickname by studying the
Read More ›It’s a boy! After sending a blood sample to a lab for genetic analysis, we’re thrilled to announce the sex of the newest African penguin at Robert and Mayari Pritzker Penguin Cove—and on #
Read More ›The following is the latest update in our blog series about the Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Program, which
Read More ›At Lincoln Park Zoo, we are not only caretakers of wildlife, we are also environmental conservationists. And for environmental conservation to succeed, community collaboration is essential. With
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