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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.

Conservation Projects

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 ...

Asia

Ten Sihek Are Going Back to Palmyra Atoll

Ten Sihek, the cinnamon-colored kingfisher that has not lived wild on Guam since ...

An open-sided pavilion with a high timber roof, hanging lights and a polished wood deck, looking out through steel posts to forested hills.

Expansions

The Oregon Zoo’s Bond Buys Its First Two Roofs

The Oregon Zoo has opened the first two structures paid for by its ...

A young Asian elephant walks through grass and cut bamboo in a sunlit yard, with an adult elephant standing behind her.

Conservation Projects

Oregon Zoo’s Tula-Tu Is First on West Coast to Get EEHV Shot

Tula-Tu, the young Asian elephant calf at the Oregon Zoo, has become the ...

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

Conservation Projects

Endangered Turtle Hatchlings Get a Head Start at the Oregon Zoo

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

A researcher in a gray rain jacket and green gloves crouches on a steep coastal meadow scattered with purple wildflowers, holding a clear container, while a second person works on the slope behind her.

Conservation Projects

Oregon Zoo Releases 1,304 Silverspot Caterpillars

The Oregon Zoo released 1,304 Oregon silverspot larvae along the Oregon coast this ...