Conservation Projects (page 18)

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 reticulated giraffe leans over a fence to take a leaf from a young child held by an adult, palm trees behind them.

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Four Giraffe Calves in Eight Months at Gulf Breeze Zoo

The Gulf Breeze Zoo has had four reticulated giraffe calves in eight months, ...

Three young blue-eyed ground doves perch together on a lichen-covered branch inside an aviary.

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Toledo Zoo Method Hatches Chicks of a Near-Extinct Dove

Three chicks of one of the rarest birds on earth have hatched in ...

A woman speaks at a podium in front of a seated audience, with lion silhouettes and a projected lion image behind her.

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Blank Park Zoo Breaks Ground on Lion Conservation Center

Blank Park Zoo broke ground on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 on a facility ...

A portrait of Paul Turner, PhD, of the Yale School of the Environment set over a photograph of the aquarium's underwater viewing tunnel.

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Aquarium of the Bay Partners With Yale on Pollution

Aquarium of the Bay is starting a research collaboration with the Yale School ...

Two white rhinos walk side by side toward the camera across a rocky habitat with green trees behind them.

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Two White Rhinos Cross a Continent to Quebec

Two female white rhinos, Alice and Hazina, arrived at the Granby Zoo in ...

A sea turtle hatchling crossing sand toward the surf at sunrise

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Thirty Years of Paying for Places You Cannot Visit

The Disney Conservation Fund started paying for field conservation in 1995. By its ...

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Metro Richmond Zoo at 30: From 250 Animals to 2,000

The Metro Richmond Zoo turned thirty on April 22, 2025. It opened on ...

A tiger walks across grass past large angled logs and palm fronds in the Tiger Forest habitat.

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Palm Beach Zoo Opens Tiger Forest With Elevated Trails

Palm Beach Zoo opened Tiger Forest on Saturday, February 15, 2025, a habitat ...

A Nile hippo calf stands in mud beside its much larger mother, whose back is streaked with green algae.

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Nile Hippo Calf Born at the Gulf Breeze Zoo

A male Nile hippopotamus calf was born at the Gulf Breeze Zoo on ...

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Cold-Stunned Loggerhead Released Off San Diego

A loggerhead sea turtle found freezing in a British Columbia bay was released ...

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