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Lincoln Park Zoo collaborates for the care and conservation of chimpanzees and gorillas, save the date for exciting events and more.
Help provide the zoo's animals a special treat of extra enrichment that benefits their care, from puzzle feeders for bushbabies to mice for growing snowy owl chicks.
Read More ›Always curious, Erik was the first one through the door. He waddled right up to the keepers and their cohort: the vets. Of course, he didn’t know it was check-up day.
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Read More ›Lincoln Park Zoo is at the heart of the action for the annual Chicago Air and Water Show. This soaring event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, August 19 and 20.
Due to our close proximity
Read More ›Two male plains zebras now reside at Regenstein African Journey’s Kovler African Savanna. The outdoor area, modeled after the grassland savanna ecosystems of Africa, is designed to house multiple
Read More ›Amare, a member of the zoo’s western lowland gorilla bachelor troop, turned 12 on Wednesday, July 26. Caregivers, scientists, and volunteers at Regenstein Center for African Apes celebrated the
Read More ›The Regenstein Birds of Prey Exhibit welcomed a new resident on Tuesday, July 25: an 8-year-old female cinereous vulture. The young vulture (shown in these photos), who arrived from Miami Zoo, was
Read More ›It’s a catastrophe. Well, technically, a catastrophic molt. And our colony is right in the thick of it.
Madiba, Aiden, and Sunny have recently completed their annual molts, and they are
Read More ›Lincoln Park Zoo celebrated the births of four primate youngsters from December 25–April 29. The new arrivals represent four different primate species. During their infancy, as they clung closely
Read More ›Breaking down Lincoln Park Zoo by the numbers, it’s easy to highlight 365. The zoo, after all, is free and open to all 365 days a year. As we celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week, it’s also
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