Wyoming Toad Conservation – CMZoo https://www.cmzoo.org/conservation/wyoming-toad-conservation/
These tiny toads have a major role in their native prairie ecosystem.
These tiny toads have a major role in their native prairie ecosystem.
Did you know that September is National Chicken Month? Well, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has some very special honorees making their appearance just in time to celebrate! We are welcoming a new flock of little ladies to the chicken yard in My Big Backyard who will eventually be a part of the chicken feeding experience. The . . .
After a few weeks, they have moved to the barn in My Big Backyard, where they can
Shorter days and holidays are approaching. For many humans, that means unusual eating traditions, a shift in activity and an effort to maintain healthy habits. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo partners, Children’s Hospital Colorado, share advice for helping your family stay healthy during the holidays. At CMZoo, shorter days and cooler temperatures trigger changes to some animal . . .
When it starts to cool down, they’re less interested in eating and have less energy
Two CMZoo staff members recently returned from Cape Town, South Africa, where they helped hand-rear orphaned African penguin chicks at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), a Cheyenne Mountain Zoo conservation partner. SANCCOB rescues penguins, provides medical care, incubates eggs, hand rears chicks, helps park rangers monitor penguin colonies on . . .
Some have to turn back without providing food for their families.
Last year, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo joined the Rocky Mountain Wolf Action Fund (RMWAF) and other partners to collect signatures for a petition that successfully landed a proposition on this year’s general election ballot. Proposition #114 asks Colorado voters to decide if gray wolves, once native to the state, should be carefully reintroduced to the Western . . .
“We have seen significant support from the public throughout this project, but voters
We have one of North America’s largest giraffe herds, the result of a prolific breeding
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