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Saving Wildlife Together
Your visit supports our wildlife conservation efforts in Colorado + worldwide
What’s New at the Zoo
Our Cubs Are Growing Fast—Plan Your Visit
Have you met our lion cub quartet yet? There’s no better time to plan a visit to DZCA! Meet incredible animals, learn about wildlife conservation, and make unforgettable memories.
Up Close. Eye to Eye.
Meet our giraffes up close during an intimate feeding experience filled with awe, insight, and a little drool.
Don't Miss Out on Member Perks
Become a member to enjoy exclusive perks and discounts while making a difference for wildlife.
Run to Raise Funds for DZCA
Exercise for you—enrichment for animals! Every step, mile and donation makes an impact for our animals.
BABY BULLETIN: DZCA Welcomes Endangered Huon Tree Kangaro…
Conservation is Love In Action
Naming the Next Generation of African Lions at DZCA
@DenverZoo in the Wild
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, but love is always in the air at DZCA! 💛⛰️🌼
From the personalized care our animals receive every day to conservation work in Colorado and around the world, everything we do is rooted in a deep love for wildlife and wild places. Our love itself doesn’t cost a thing, but protecting wild species around the globe comes at a high price. Learn more about one of our Colorado conservation projects and join us in sharing the love this year!
The American pika faces an uncertain future as climate change affects their high alpine ecosystems. While our community science programs help track their populations across Colorado, equipment like temperature loggers is always needed at pika monitoring sites. These small devices cost $79 each and play a big role in understanding and helping protect precious pika.
Take your love higher! Donate now by visiting the link in our bio.
Photo Credit: Kristi Odom
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science and all week we’ve been celebrating incredible DZCA women in science! 🌿
Today’s spotlight: Allie, our Curator of Horticulture. Allie supports the people who care for the plants that support our animals, ecosystems, and guests, connecting people, plants, and wildlife every day.
Her reminder for girls in science: if this is where you want to be, you belong.
Read the full story of the women we’ve highlighted all week in Zoo Tales - link in bio.
#DenverZooConservationAlliance #SavingWildlifeTogether #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #Conservation
Last week, DZCA and our conservation partners in Peru celebrated World Wetland Day with a full week of activities highlighting the importance of wetlands!
From a waste sorting campaign to a traditional cooking competition, an art contest, a biodiversity fair, a community exchange program, and a TikTok contest honoring Lake Chinchaycocha (aka Lake Junin), we mobilized local Peruvian communities to appreciate and conserve wetlands and the wildlife and humans that depend on them.
DZCA worked with Junín National Reserve, Chacamarca Historic Sanctuary and Huayllay National Sanctuary, the Peruvian non-profits Grupo RANA, ECOAN, CIAM, and the municipalities of Carhuamayo and Junin to make this celebration possible.
Lake Chinchaycocha is home to the Lake Junin frog, an endangered amphibian that lives only in the Central Andes of Peru. The lake is second largest in Peru and has been designated a globally important wetland.
#DenverZooConservationAlliance #SavingWildlifeTogether #Peru #LatinAmerica #Conservation #FieldConservation #FrogConservation #LakeJunin #LakeChinchaycocha #WorldWetlandsDay #Wetlands #LakeJuninFrog
Our lorikeet flock grew by two! We`re happy to share that two coconut lorikeets hatched on December 23 and December 25 to parents C-Rex and Fior in our Avian Propagation Center.
Lorikeet chicks hatch featherless, with closed eyes and rely entirely on their parents for their first few weeks of life. They grow quickly and typically fledge in about eight weeks. Now just over a month old, these two are developing well and remain safely tucked away in their parents` nest box behind the scenes.
Say hi to the chicks that have the lorikeys to our hearts in this latest Baby Bulletin, presented by @intermountain. 🧡💙💚💛
