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Watch for the mesh training panel inside, where guests have an up-close opportunity
Watch for the mesh training panel inside, where guests have an up-close opportunity
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COLORADO – Just like people, animals’ diets play a huge role in their overall health. In addition to enrichment activities, training sessions and environmental elements that support animals’ mental and physical wellness, planning their daily meals is a major focus for animal care teams. As the holidays roll around each . . .
Just like humans, animals have individual preferences.
RING-TAILED LEMUR MOM, ALLAGASH, WELCOMES TWINS TO WATER’S EDGE: AFRICA – Keepers at Water’s Edge: Africa were seeing double Sunday morning as they welcomed twins to the ring-tailed lemur family. Around 6 a.m. on Sunday, July 11, animal staff spotted first-time mom, 8-year-old Allagash (AL-uh-gash), holding an infant lemur and then confirmed a second stripy . . .
Staff have seen the babies nursing and consistently clinging to mom, which indicate
the Giraffe Tower for a Typical Winter Day on the Mountain January 26, 2022 Have
Giraffe Blood Type Study March 27, 2024 If you’ve ever wondered if animals have
At the end of their conference-planning meeting last night, eight teenagers from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Youth Leadership Action Board rewarded themselves with a quick visit to check on potential mom-to-be Luna, our 10-year-old Mexican gray wolf. They had no idea they would get the thrill of a lifetime to witness the birth of the Zoo’s first wolf pup litter in 20 years! The teens were able to identify two squirmy little pups around 8:30 p.m., and Luna’s labor produced more pups throughout the night and into this morning.
The births are not only incredibly exciting for the Zoo staff, who have been actively
ADVANCE TICKETS REQUIRED More Written by Savannah Woods, African lion keeper I have
This summer, the black-footed ferret (BFF) breeding program at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo saw a record number of kits born: 37. Conservationists tested multi-partner breeding to see if females could conceive and whelp kits from different dads in the same litter, and to see if having multiple breeding partners impacted the number of kits born overall. . . .
number of kits one female could contribute to the recovery population.� BFFs have
We have one of North America’s largest giraffe herds, the result of a prolific breeding
at CMZoo February 27, 2025 Emmett and Digger, two 20-year-old grizzly bears, have