Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Giraffes shuffled around Denver, Colorado Springs zoos
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
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
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
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
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
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
"Thatap fourteen tiny bundles of cuteness keeping their paws full," Cheyenne Mountain Zoo wrote in...

Critically endangered penguin chick hatches at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
"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
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
“History will look upon this ruling as a grave injustice,” animal law professor and director...