
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.
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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

Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Avian Reintroduction and Translocation Database (2005-2010)

Enhancing Animal Welfare
A Zoo-sanctuary Partnership for Chimpanzees

Supporting Healthy Populations
Black Rhinoceros Conservation

Helping People and Wildlife Coexist
Chicago Wildlife Watch

Supporting Healthy Populations
Compiling Demographic Data into COMPADRE and COMADRE Database

Supporting Healthy Populations
Conserving the Black-footed Ferret

Enhancing Animal Welfare
Developing Welfare Indicators for Less-understood Species

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

Enhancing Animal Welfare
Measuring Stress in Wild Species

Enhancing Animal Welfare
Measuring the Impact of Light and Sound on Animal Welfare

Supporting Healthy Populations
Modeling Red Wolf Recovery (2013-2019)

Supporting Healthy Populations
Modeling the Future of Zoo and Aquarium Populations

Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Monitoring Ape Behavior

Conserving Threatened Wildlife
Monitoring Ape Health