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Summer 2018 Magazine

Explore the zoo’s rich history, its advances in science that help apes, and an interactive sleuthing challenge on grounds.

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Wildlife at the Zoo in Winter ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

South of the zoo’s main grounds, wild animals adapt to winter by relying on natural habitat at the zoo’s Nature Boardwalk. In this prairie pond ecosystem, grasses and other native plants are brown

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Feeding Buzzzzzzzz! ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

As part of our ongoing research monitoring bats around the Chicago region, we’ve set out acoustic (sound) detectors at several sites to see how bats are using the city. Although bats can see, they

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Prairie Plant Profusion ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

Start your weekend surrounded by rattlesnake masters...and purple coneflowers and compass plants...at our FREE Second Saturdays Garden

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Cool Vibrations ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

If you’ve walked past or through the Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo this summer you might have noticed the black-crowned night herons nesting high up in the trees.

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Turtle IDs at Nature Boardwalk ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

A recent post on the zoo’s Twitter feed, which included a photo of basking turtles at Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo, inspired the

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Spring Fever ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

The transition between late winter and early spring is a truly exciting time—especially in Chicago. After months of layering up and trudging through the blistering cold, stir-crazy Chicagoans jump

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Butterflies of Nature Boardwalk ›

by Lincoln Park Zoo

Spring is finally starting to appear and with it comes the return of wildflowers and butterflies. For the past few summers, teen researchers in the zoo’s Research Apprentice Program have conducted

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