Tag: denver zoo
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A woolly dilemma: Tourism, road salts and wildlife collide on Mount Blue Sky
One summer day in 2020, Stefan Ekernas and a fellow researcher were driving up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in a Toyota RAV4 when they spotted bighorn sheep in the near distance. The herd ran to the road. “We had to come to a stop not to hit them,” Ekernas recalls. “They were frantically licking.…
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Free days coming up at Denver’s zoo, museums
Free days return this month to Denver’s fun, educational hubs. Mark your calendars: Friday and Jan. 26 at the zoo; Sunday at the Museum of Nature and Science; Jan. 14 at the Art Museum; and Jan. 20 at the Botanic Gardens. More info: scfd.org/find-culture/free-days. — Seth Boster, The Gazette
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It was a night for 2,200 to ‘Party Like a Flockstar’ | NONPROFIT REGISTER
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DENVER ZOO CONSERVATION ALLIANCE Denver News: Simon and Garfunkel weren’t kidding when, back in 1967, they sang about how “It’s all happening at the zoo.” Just ask Vince Abrue and Lauren Napheys, who chaired the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance’s fifth Flock Party. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Abrue, Denver market president of IN Bank, and Napheys, deal…
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Giraffe lovers welcome to attend zoo visit, presentation with zoologist in Colorado Springs
Seven years ago, Jen Law watched April the giraffe give birth live on YouTube — and she hasn’t been the same since. The live birth was life-changing for Law, who hadn’t known much about the endangered animals up until then. But watching April’s gawky, awkward son, Tajiri, emerge in front of her eyes arrowed her…
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Pikes Pick: Spend a day at the Denver Zoo
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The Denver Zoo makes for a wonderful day spent seeing and learning about wildlife. Bonus: Proceeds go to support wildlife conservation efforts around the state and internationally. — Kelly Hayes, The Gazette The Denver Zoo, 2300 Steele St., Denver, is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. More information is available at denverzoo.org. A hippopotamus receives some food from…