Science Projects
Lincoln Park Zoo’s research advances global conservation and innovative care—and helps ecosystems thrive in our urbanizing world. Use the tool below to explore our impact, which spans six continents and makes a real difference for animals both at zoos and in the wild.
All Projects
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
A Community Effort to Monitor Chicago’s Bats
Supporting Healthy Populations
Advising AZA Species Survival Plans®
Supporting Healthy Populations
Amphibian Health and Stress Physiology (2014-2020)
Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Avian Reintroduction and Translocation Database (2005-2010)
Enhancing Animal Welfare
A Zoo-sanctuary Partnership for Chimpanzees
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Black-crowned Night Heron Management & Conservation
Supporting Healthy Populations
Black Rhinoceros Conservation (2008-2020)
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Chicago Wildlife Watch
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Collaborating to Conserve Lions
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Collaborating with KopeLion
Supporting Healthy Populations
Compiling Demographic Data into COMPADRE and COMADRE Database (2015-2021)
Supporting Healthy Populations
Conserving the Black-footed Ferret (2005-2020)
Enhancing Animal Welfare
Developing Welfare Indicators for Less-understood Species
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Disease Risk from Ticks in Urban Green Spaces
Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Recovery Efforts
Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Evaluating Logging Impacts in Congo
Enhancing Animal Welfare
Evaluating the Impact of Zoo Programs on Animal Welfare
Enhancing Animal Welfare
Goualougo Video Analysis Lab
Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Hormones, Behavior, and Environment in Rwanda’s Mountain Gorillas (2009-2020)
Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Measuring Stress in Urban Songbirds
Enhancing Animal Welfare
Measuring the Impact of Light and Sound on Animal Welfare