Giraffes shuffled around Denver, Colorado Springs zoos By Lauren Penington May 8, 2026 at 4:03 p.m. Conservation and breeding efforts shuffled three giraffes around Colorado zoos this year -- one returning...
How a geriatric Colorado beaver with a tree allergy inspired Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’ movie By Elizabeth Hernandez April 16, 2026 at 8:17 a.m. Ginger retired to the big dam in the sky in 2022 when she was nearly...
Denver giraffe temporarily moves to Colorado Springs for conservation efforts By Lauren Penington January 11, 2026 at 11:24 a.m. A 5-year-old giraffe from the Denver Zoo will temporarily move south to the Cheyenne Mountain...
Critically endangered baby gorilla born at Colorado zoo By Katie Langford July 22, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. For the first time in over a decade, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo staff are celebrating a...
Oldest Asiatic black bear in human care dies at Colorado zoo By Lauren Penington July 1, 2025 at 7:07 a.m. Beezler, a 32-year-old Asiatic black bear that had lived at Colorado's Cheyenne Mountain Zoo since...
Fireworks vs. drones: As options grow, cities search for balance of safety and spectacle By John Wenzel June 30, 2025 at 8:18 a.m. Fast-growing drone shows are challenging old school fireworks displays for big holiday events
More than a dozen ‘stinking cute’ baby skunks born at Colorado zoo By Lauren Penington June 4, 2025 at 8:50 a.m. "Thatap fourteen tiny bundles of cuteness keeping their paws full," Cheyenne Mountain Zoo wrote in...
Critically endangered penguin chick hatches at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo By Lauren Penington May 1, 2025 at 2:43 p.m. "Waddle we do with all this cuteness?" Cheyenne Mountain Zoo officials wrote in an Instagram...
Denver Zoo’s Toyota Elephant Passage ranked 10th in U.S. for best zoo habitat in 2025 By Sofia Joucovsky March 21, 2025 at 4:10 p.m. The all-male Asian elephant herd at the Denver zoo has one of the best bachelor...
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s elephants are not “legal persons” under the law, Colorado Supreme Court rules By Lauren Penington January 21, 2025 at 4:27 p.m. “History will look upon this ruling as a grave injustice,” animal law professor and director...