… ContinueTiny turtles, big journey
This year, your Toronto Zoo released 52 Blanding’s turtles into Rouge National Urban Park, bringing our total number of turtles released into the park over the last 12 years to over 750. At a time when many Ontario species are under threat of habitat loss and extinction, this program is of particular importance as we work to ensure populations survive AND recover. This collaborative initiative, co-led by your Toronto Zoo’s Adopt-a-Pond Wetland Conservation Program and Parks Canada, is part of recovery efforts to conserve this endangered
Future in Her Hands – Why Support Matters
… ContinueOver the past few weeks, we’ve been proud to spotlight the extraordinary work of Dr. Priya Bapodra-Villaverde, Senior Veterinarian at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and her dedicated team. From advancing bonobo care through the Great Ape Heart Project, to co-founding a giraffe plasma bank, and leading global efforts to combat elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV)—Dr. Priya and her team’s work reaches far beyond our Zoo gates.
But none of this would be possible without you.
Every visit and every donation fuels the groundbreaking care and conservation efforts happening
James’s Flamingo: High-Flying Filter-Feeder
… ContinueA flock of pink flamingos atop a mountain sounds like some sort of weird hallucination … After all, don’t these long-legged wading birds live in low-lying wetlands, like the American Flamingo?
Incredibly, there are three flamingo species that make their homes high in the Andes Mountains of South America: the Andean, Chilean, and James’s Flamingos. The James’s Flamingo is the smallest and rarest of these, and was first described to science from Chile in 1886. Also known as the Puna Flamingo in recognition of its high-altitude habitat, the James’s Flamingo