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Back to The Waterhole Our First African Penguins Have Arrived at Water’s Edge
Back to The Waterhole Our First African Penguins Have Arrived at Water’s Edge
Migrating birds and pollinators are moving through Colorado, and they’re hungry! As you plan your 2022 summer garden, consider these plants to brighten your backyard and feed our famished flying friends. CMZoo’s Annual Plant Sale, in the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo parking lot May 20-22, 2022, is a great place to stock up. “Pollinators are extremely . . .
“We have perennials, grasses, shrubs and vines available, including some of my favorite
After seven years of settling in, the Western lowland gorillas at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are officially a cohesive troop! 32-year-old Goma – the troop’s silverback – is living with the four females full-time, which means they’re ready to take the next step as a family. Goma came to CMZoo on a breeding recommendation in 2016. . . .
Keepers have seen ‘flirting behavior,’ from Asha, where she’ll sit extra close to
which is the first set of waterproof feathers that replaces the soft down chicks have
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is home to a pack of seven Mexican wolves, and we support the restoration of a similar species – the gray wolf – to our state’s wild places on the Western Slope. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has a long history of working to restore and relocate species, including black-footed ferrets, Wyoming toads, Mexican . . .
population.� The Rocky Mountain Wolf Project reports that since 1900, there have
When you think of vultures, chances are you don’t picture heroic, beacons of hope contributing to a strong and healthy ecosystem. That’s because vultures sometimes get a bad rap in our society, often depicted negatively due to their scavenger status. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been supporting vulture conservation in various ways since 2009, including currently . . .
This message is a bit easier to convey when you have three charismatic and interesting
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We’ve created a CMZoo 2020 Bucket List! As a new decade approaches, see how many of these unique experiences you can check off the list. Ride the Mountaineer Sky Ride – Our one-of-a-kind chair lift takes you high up above the exhibits, for a true bird’s eye view of our mountain zoo, Colorado Springs and . . .
Feed an Elephant – Have you ever been close enough to an 8,000-pound elephant to
has been a focus at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for nearly a decade, and while strides have
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s conservation partners are still hard at work on the front lines, despite the pandemic that has slowed much of the world. The Zoo and our supporters continue to send funding to important efforts around the world, including Operation Twiga, a giraffe conservation project in Uganda, and Tsavo Trust, an elephant and rhino . . .
prevented CMZoo staff from attending the Operation Twiga V translocation, as they have