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Family Trees ›
A northern catalpa tree stands just east of the zoo parking lot.
Tallying the zoo’s trees chronicles historic and current landscape and shapes plantings for the future.
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#RhinoWatch: Kapuki's Ultrasound ›
As we continue #RhinoWatch and anxiously await the spring arrival of the rhino calf, there are many things happening in the meantime, including getting ultrasounds of the calf as it continues to
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It's a... Rhino! ›
We have some BIG news to share. Kapuki, the zoo’s 13-year-old female eastern black rhinoceros, is pregnant! The calf is expected to arrive in May at Regenstein African Journey.
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Treating Polar Bear Allergies ›
How do you treat a polar bear with allergies? First, you have to find out what they’re allergic to!
Siku, Walter Family Arctic Tundra’s 9-year-old polar bear began experiencing some itching
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Machine Learning Meets Wildlife Conservation ›
Autofocus tagged this image of Mason Fidino, a quantitative ecologist at the Urban Wildlife Institute, as 99.84% human.
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All My Penguins: Series Finale ›
For the last two years, All My Penguins has chronicled the ins and outs of the lives of the African penguins at Robert and Mayari Pritzker Penguin Cove. There was scandal, ruffled feathers, drama
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Mountain Ghosts: Protecting Snow Leopards in Kyrgyzstan ›
The passion Lincoln Park Zoo’s keepers have for animals extends far beyond zoo grounds. For Keeper Allycia Darst, this meant traveling to the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan a few months back to
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Lady Boss Ross ›
Zoo Director Megan Ross, Ph.D., was named a Chicago “Lady Boss” by ABC’s Windy City Live and discusses the future of Lincoln Park Zoo. Watch the full interview:
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Valentine's Mates ›
This Valentine’s Day, let’s take a moment to appreciate the animal kingdom’s varied courtship rituals and styles as told by popular song titles:
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