Conservation Projects (page 11)

Conservation Projects

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

Two chimpanzees rest on a tall wooden climbing frame in a sunlit, leafy outdoor habitat at Tulsa Zoo while three guests watch from a path behind a low wooden fence.

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Fifty Years Accredited, and Tulsa Was in the First 11

Mr Zoo News

Schoolchildren step off a yellow school bus and walk toward the entrance of The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, past a stingray sculpture beneath the building glass atrium.

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Tampa Voters Bought 13,000 Kids an Aquarium Trip

October 21, 2026

A blue tree monitor lizard with gray-blue scales and pale blue markings rests along a log in its habitat, facing the camera with one clawed front foot extended over the bark.

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Three Lizards In, Two Out, and a First Clutch of Eggs

Children and adults lean over the rim of the shark and ray touch tank at the New England Aquarium, reaching into shallow water as a stingray glides past beneath their hands.

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Boston Kids Get the Aquarium Free, Two Sundays a Month

A tiny northwestern pond turtle hatchling stands on gravel with its neck stretched out, no bigger than a cherry tomato.

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Endangered Turtle Hatchlings Get a Head Start at the Oregon Zoo

Fifteen northwestern pond turtle hatchlings, each about the size of a cherry tomato, ...

Rows of shallow coral propagation tanks lit blue sit on white benches inside the Brewer Ocean Conservation Lab, with guests visible through an arched window.

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San Antonio Zoo Opens Brewer Ocean Conservation Lab

San Antonio Zoo has opened a working coral restoration lab, hundreds of miles ...

A bison walks across open prairie grassland while several people watch from a pickup truck on the rise behind.

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Denver Zoo Helps Historic Bison Herd Expand Its Range

A bison herd that Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance helped rescue more than a ...

Aerial view of a humpback whale at the surface of dark blue water, its white pectoral flipper visible below.

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Team Frees Entangled Humpback Off the Oregon Coast

A humpback whale anchored to the seafloor by more than 3,000 feet of ...

Two City of Phoenix park rangers in uniform stand outdoors with a group of children, pointing toward desert vegetation under a bright sky.

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The Phoenix Zoo Shares Its Park With City Rangers

The Phoenix Zoo does not own the ground it stands on. It sits ...

A pale cream addax calf with small straight horns stands on grass in front of a log fence.

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Critically Endangered Addax Calf Born at the Buffalo Zoo

A critically endangered addax calf was born at the Buffalo Zoo on July ...

A diver working over a coral nursery structure on the reef

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Mote Is Pulling Coral Off the Reef Again

When the water in the Florida Keys gets above 87 degrees for long ...

A young Magellanic penguin chick stands in the aquarium's penguin habitat.

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A Penguin Chick Hatches to Two Rescued Parents

A Magellanic penguin chick named Ari has joined the flock at the Aquarium ...

A hellbender salamander on river rock being released

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12,000 Hellbenders Back in Missouri Rivers

Over the past 15 years, the Saint Louis Zoo and its partners have ...

Two young red panda cubs lying together in a nest box

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The 14th and 15th Red Pandas Born in Buffalo

Two red panda cubs were born at the Buffalo Zoo on June 10, ...

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