Tag: zoo
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Pikes Pick: Spend a day at the Denver Zoo
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…
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Common Warthog
Meet Alex, the common warthog at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Pallas’ cats
Meet Nancy and Bo. the Pallas’ cats at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Guinea Pigs
Meet the guinea pigs at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Abyssinian Ground Hornbills
Meet Petrie and Layla, the Abyssinian ground hornbills at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
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LIFE | Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun
The Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun is a commemorative tower and chapel on Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is named after Will Rogers, the American humorist, who died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1935 during construction of the shrine.
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LIFE | Colorado zoo helps in long effort to save imperiled toad
The morning of June 7, 2023 marked an annual, early summer tradition for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and several other facilities tasked with raising the tiny, imperiled creature. June is typically when members of the Wyoming Toad Recovery Team converge at the Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge outside Laramie, Wyo., to release toads to their only…
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Who’s Who at the Zoo | Tree Kangaroo
Meet Tristan, the Matschie’s tree kangaroo at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.