Conservation Projects

News and information about conservation projects by zoological facilities in North and South America

Two young African lions on a rock outcrop beneath green trees at Fresno Chaffee Zoo, one lying down and one sitting upright and looking toward the camera

Asali and Taraj Are Leaving, and That Is How Lions Work

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Laerke, a polar bear, swims underwater with her front legs spread wide and sunlight breaking through the surface of the pool above her

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A Hand-Reared Polar Bear Gets a Breeding Recommendation

October 15, 2026

Four manatees rest together in a green-lit rehabilitation pool, one of them noticeably paler and scarred, seen from above the waterline.

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Ten Manatees Swapped Places Between Ohio and Florida

A Mexican wolf stands among low desert brush and weathered logs, turned toward the camera, with a second wolf resting behind it.

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Every Mexican Wolf Alive Descends From Seven Animals

An Asian elephant walks toward the camera on a dirt yard with its trunk curled up and forward, tusks showing, a grassy mound and Douglas firs behind it.

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Oregon’s Bull Elephant Is Leaving the Herd He Grew Up In

Samudra is 18 years old, weighs about 10,000 pounds, and is leaving the ...

Two young spider monkeys sitting together on a branch, the smaller one leaning against the larger, in an indoor habitat at Hogle Zoo.

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Confiscated at the Border, Now Climbing in Salt Lake

Two young spider monkeys who were taken from the wild and seized from ...

A six-panel montage of wildlife photographs: a breaching whale, two macaws, a crocodile, a gorilla wading, a snow leopard on a rocky slope and an elephant on grassland.

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The Question WCS Wants Asked at the Armenia Talks

The Wildlife Conservation Society went into the week before the United Nations biodiversity ...

A cheetah lies on a bed of straw inside a concrete den, her five newborn cubs tucked in a dark huddle against her front legs, in a timestamped den-camera still from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

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Five Cheetahs Born, and a Fourth Generation in Virginia

Five cheetah cubs were born on Monday, October 5, 2026 at the Front ...

Eleven Saint Louis Zoo animal care and veterinary staff stand together outside a protected contact barrier, with an adult Asian elephant and the calf Jet behind the bars.

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Jet’s Borrowed Immunity Is Fading. A Vaccine Buys Him Time

An Asian elephant calf at the Saint Louis Zoo has been vaccinated against ...

An Asian elephant with short tusks walks across a bare earth yard beside a pool and rockwork, in front of a large two-story timber pavilion with steep shingled gables and orange and teal paintwork, where about twenty visitors watch from a shaded deck.

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Cincinnati’s Elephant Trek Wins AZA’s Top Exhibit Award

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden has won Top Honors in the Association ...

Cassandra Costello, Rochelle Stiles and Dan Ashe stand in front of an Association of Zoos and Aquariums backdrop, with Stiles holding the 2026 North American Conservation Award certificate for San Francisco Zoo and Gardens.

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The Frogs San Francisco Zoo Released Are Breeding Now

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens took top honors in the Association of Zoos ...

An award certificate printed with a row of animal photographs along the top, reading 2026 Marketing Excellence Award, Top Honors, given to Dino Park Zoo, Blank Park Zoo, with a gold Association of Zoos and Aquariums seal and the signature of Dan Ashe.

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The Zoo That Renamed Itself for Dinosaurs Won an Award

For one summer, Blank Park Zoo stopped being Blank Park Zoo. It rebranded ...

A curving paved path runs through the Wild Utah habitat between timber fencing and young trees, with a tall mesh aviary on the right and dry foothills rising behind.

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Three Acres of Utah Wins a National Exhibit Award

Utah’s Hogle Zoo has won a Significant Achievement Exhibit Award from the Association ...

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The Aquarium That Helped Pass a Horseshoe Crab Law

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk has won Top Honors in the 2026 Advocacy ...

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