
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