Featured Animals – Blue-tongued Skink – CMZoo https://www.cmzoo.org/animals/a-z/featured-animals-blue-tongued-skink/
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
Sky Ride Admission Admission combo packages are offered at the Zoo’s front entry gate with your Zoo admission. Or, once you are inside the Zoo for the day, you can pay regular price at the Sky Ride ticket booth. (NOTE: For Zoo Member Sky Ride Day Pass, see below.) Combo Package Receive $1 off Sky . . .
. – Check out the historic Mountaineer Train engine memorial. – Enjoy the kids’ playground
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will conduct an emergency preparedness drill on Wednesday to train
As the oldest Canada moose in human care in the United States, CMZoo’s 12-year-old male, Tahoma, has received specialized care for years. Until recently, his issues – including arthritis in his limbs and spine, and an on-and-off cough – haven’t seemed to decrease his long-term quality of life. Now, Tahoma is showing signs that his . . .
“Lately he seems more willing to come over and train, which is great because it gives
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will conduct an emergency preparedness drill on Wednesday to train
Keepers say Emmett and Digger still play-wrestle, splash in their pond, and train
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will soon bid a heartfelt farewell to Thimbu [TIM-boo], a nine-year-old Amur tiger with a freckled nose and an ‘aww-inspiring’ way of adorably rolling on his back in the tall grasses of Asian Highlands. As part of a breeding recommendation from the Amur tiger Species Survival Plan (SSP), Thimbu is moving to . . .
big cats like to scent mark, the perfume is almost irresistible to Thimbu, and trainers
Baldwin, Benton and Baker, the raccoon brothers who call Rocky Mountain Wild home, recently took up a new hobby, thanks to their keepers’ creativity and Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s commitment to environmental enrichment. Their habitat now features an exciting new addition: an elevated stream where they can fish, forage and explore on their own schedules. “Raccoons . . .
Keepers still train with animals, because husbandry behaviors are important for their
Although admissions to the Zoo might slow down in the winter, behind the scenes, our team is constantly working to provide enriching habitats that support our animals’ natural behaviors and needs. Frank Haas, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo landscape architect and planner, often leads projects that enrich our animals’ lives, but which many Zoo goers may not . . .
The animals train to respond to a recall behavior, where the keepers ask them to
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.