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Tiffany Barnhart

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Soosha, 25-year-old Denver Zoo polar bear, dies after "severe decline in health"

    Cranbeary the polar bear is no stranger to loss or heartbreak. Two years ago, she lost her mate, Frosty, who died of liver cancer at the age of 25, just one month after Cranbeary arrived at the zoo to er, become acquainted with him. And last week, Cranbeary's aunt, 25-year-old Soosha, was euthanized ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    George the rare black rhino, R.I.P.: Denver Zoo euthanizes 28-year-old endangered animal

    George the black rhino, who lived at the Denver Zoo since he was a baby, was euthanized last week. At 28, he was the ninth-oldest zoo rhino in the world. Given that, he suffered from a list of icky ailments, including diverticulitis, continued weight loss and... wait for it... chronic diarrhea. "P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Meet Bodhi, the Denver Zoo's first male elephant: Bring on the green weenie!

    Bodhi.​The green weenie is here. The Denver Zoo has welcomed its first male elephant, a seven-year-old named Bodhi who hails from Ohio. Thanks to a new exhibit called Asian Tropics, the zoo will soon have space for up to eight male elephants -- a serious undertaking for a very moist reason.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Denver Zoo named greenest zoo in the country (plus pictures of effing adorable baby animals)

    "I love to poop."​ The Denver Zoo is the greenest zoo in the country, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which awarded the zoo its first-ever (and aptly titled) Green Award. So what makes the Denver Zoo so environmentally friendly? One of the reasons has to do with elephant po ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2011

    It's a Zoo in Here!

    "I love to poop."​ The Denver Zoo is the greenest zoo in the country, according to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, which awarded the zoo its first-ever (and aptly titled) Green Award. So what makes the Denver Zoo so environmentally friendly? One of the reasons has to do with elephant po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Denver Zoo orangutan with breathing problems better at grooming (& sex?) with new treatment

    Mias takes a hit. Smooth.​ For years, Denver Zoo orangutan Mias looked sad. "He was definitely lethargic and slower," says Tiffany Barnhart, zoo spokeswoman. "We'd see him holding his head off in the corner and not participating in things with his mate." But lately, things are looking up for M ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 9, 2010

    Lights, Camera, Animals

    Mias takes a hit. Smooth.​ For years, Denver Zoo orangutan Mias looked sad. "He was definitely lethargic and slower," says Tiffany Barnhart, zoo spokeswoman. "We'd see him holding his head off in the corner and not participating in things with his mate." But lately, things are looking up for M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Denver Zoo: Which baby animal is the cutest?!?

    Dave Parsons/Denver ZooI iz kewt?​ The cuteness overflow-eth at the Denver Zoo. This week, the zoo posted photos of its newest baby animals: four Amur tiger cubs born last month. To the surprise of no one with eyes and a heart, the cubs are effing adorable. But are they the cutest babies the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Do the Denver Zoo's elephants need giant Snuggies now that Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter?

    "I'll keep you warm, baby..."​Are the elephants at the Denver Zoo freezing their giant butts off? In Defense of Animals says they are. The zoo says no way. According to a Groundhog Day-themed report issued today by the animal watchdog group, the Denver Zoo is among the thirty-one U.S. zoos ho ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2009

    Going Ape

    "I'll keep you warm, baby..."​Are the elephants at the Denver Zoo freezing their giant butts off? In Defense of Animals says they are. The zoo says no way. According to a Groundhog Day-themed report issued today by the animal watchdog group, the Denver Zoo is among the thirty-one U.S. zoos ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Carmelo Anthony and son (not) mauled by lion at the Denver Zoo

    Photo from I Am La LaCarmelo Anthony and his son, Kiyan, meet a lion at the Denver Zoo​Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony took his two-year-old son, Kiyan, to get up-close-and-personal with some wild beasts at the Denver Zoo last month, prompting his fiance, former MTV VJ La La Vasquez, to wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Denver Arts Week: Day Two

    ​Dr. Doolittle talked with the animals. He also walked with the animals. But leave it to the Denver Zoo to paint with the animals. As part of Denver Arts Week, November 6 through 14, visitors can watch the zoo's two elephants, Mimi and Dolly, paint with their trunks every day at 11:30 a.m. Bo ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Caution: A herd of bull elephants is coming to the Denver Zoo

    ​Dr. Doolittle talked with the animals. He also walked with the animals. But leave it to the Denver Zoo to paint with the animals. As part of Denver Arts Week, November 6 through 14, visitors can watch the zoo's two elephants, Mimi and Dolly, paint with their trunks every day at 11:30 a.m. Bo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Zoo Stories

    Fairy tales and imagination overrun the zoo.

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2004

    New York Wit Man

    Adam Ferrara brings his big-city humor to Denver

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