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Wildlife

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Top five Colorado-animals-behaving-badly stories

    Yes, animals are adorable. But they can also be destructive, as witnessed by the havoc wreaked by a certain squirrel this week -- more on that below. The chaos-loving rodent inspired us to round up five recent stories about critters gone wild, in a manner of speaking. Count down our favorites below ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    What's good for the (Canada) goose isn't really good for Denver

    An adult goose releases approximately one pound of poop every single day. This fact stays relatively unnoticed until wintertime, when thousands of Canada geese -- seemingly overnight -- come out of the woodwork and waddle onto your property and into your parking spot. Why are there so many? The trut ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 15, 2011

    Feather Your Nest

    An adult goose releases approximately one pound of poop every single day. This fact stays relatively unnoticed until wintertime, when thousands of Canada geese -- seemingly overnight -- come out of the woodwork and waddle onto your property and into your parking spot. Why are there so many? The trut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Reader: Shooting of a mother bear in Crestone was unjustified & state must be accountable

    ​Our story about the killing of a mother bear in Crestone by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife officer, and the current status of the two cubs she left behind, drew a response from the woman who owns the ranch where the shooting took place. Here's what she has to say.

  • 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

    October 31, 2011

    LoDo goes ape as Gorilla Run raises money for Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund

    Eric Gruneisen​Last weekend, zombies filled downtown. This weekend, it was gorillas -- 1,200 of them, all participating in the eighth annual 5K Gorilla Run, which benefits the Denver-based Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund. That's more runners than there are mountain gorillas left in the wild ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    How to get my job: Reptile Caretaker

    ​It takes a certain type of person to step into an alligator pen or to play with a giant snake, but Jay Young of Colorado Gators Reptile Park in Mosca does just that, every single day. We caught up with him to see if our fantasies of living in reptile utopia -- riding giant tortoises and wrest ... More >>

  • News

    September 15, 2011

    Beaver Fever! Sherri Tippe gives a dam about Colorado's beaver population

    Video: Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission

  • Calendar

    August 18, 2011

    Get Buzzed at Cross Pollination

    Video: Sherri Tippie leads a beaver-trapping mission

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Denver Zoo staff to travel to Vietnam to help Asian elephants, Michael Jackson monkeys

    MJ? Is that you?​ This month, four Denver Zoo staff members will travel to Vietnam to help two endangered species: Asian elephants -- up to twelve of which will one day live in the zoo's new Asian Tropics exhibit -- and Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys, an extraordinarily endangered species of monkey ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2011

    Creature Comfort

    MJ? Is that you?​ This month, four Denver Zoo staff members will travel to Vietnam to help two endangered species: Asian elephants -- up to twelve of which will one day live in the zoo's new Asian Tropics exhibit -- and Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys, an extraordinarily endangered species of monkey ... More >>

  • News

    June 16, 2011

    Wanted: homing-pigeon trainer for MCA Denver

    MJ? Is that you?​ This month, four Denver Zoo staff members will travel to Vietnam to help two endangered species: Asian elephants -- up to twelve of which will one day live in the zoo's new Asian Tropics exhibit -- and Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys, an extraordinarily endangered species of monkey ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    Dress for Success

    MJ? Is that you?​ This month, four Denver Zoo staff members will travel to Vietnam to help two endangered species: Asian elephants -- up to twelve of which will one day live in the zoo's new Asian Tropics exhibit -- and Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys, an extraordinarily endangered species of monkey ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Denver Zoo buries time capsule in Asian Tropics, new elephant and tapir exhibit

    ​ When it's finished in the spring of 2012, Asian Tropics, the Denver Zoo's ambitious new exhibit, will be home to elephants, rhinos, leopards, flying foxes, fishing cats, otters, gibbons, tapirs and... a time capsule made by middle-schoolers.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    So many alpacas! SO MANY ALPACAS!

    The alpaca contemplates.​The middle east may have its camels, which are admittedly pretty awesome, but here in the Americas we have llamas. And also alpacas, which are kind of like mini-llamas. Unlike llamas, though, alpacas are not for carrying things; specifically, they are bred for their ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Beaver Lady Sherri Tippie explains how to give a dam, save a river

    Sherri Tippie.​Twenty-five years ago, hairdresser Sherri Tippie persuaded Aurora officials to let her trap beaver that were gnawing trees on a golf course and relocate rather than kill them. Since that first trapping session, ecologists and water authorities have increasingly come to see bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Wolverines in Colorado: Should we welcome the beasts back?

    ​There's currently one known wolverine in the state of Colorado, but there soon could be a lot more. Eighteen months ago, one of the giant weasels wandered into our state, where wolverines have long been absent. He was implanted with a tracking device and given a name: M56 (awww...). Today, h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Denver Zoo's new animal babies: Four itty-bitty Komodo dragons with teeth that could kill you

    Dave Parsons/Denver Zoo​ Here's to you, Hagrid. The Denver Zoo is hatching dragons! In the past week, four Komodo dragons have hatched at the zoo. And the keepers are expecting even more: Four eggs remain in the incubator. Even though Komodo dragons are lizards, and lizards aren't that cute, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Bugging Out

    Dave Parsons/Denver Zoo​ Here's to you, Hagrid. The Denver Zoo is hatching dragons! In the past week, four Komodo dragons have hatched at the zoo. And the keepers are expecting even more: Four eggs remain in the incubator. Even though Komodo dragons are lizards, and lizards aren't that cute, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 20, 2010

    For the Birds

    Dave Parsons/Denver Zoo​ Here's to you, Hagrid. The Denver Zoo is hatching dragons! In the past week, four Komodo dragons have hatched at the zoo. And the keepers are expecting even more: Four eggs remain in the incubator. Even though Komodo dragons are lizards, and lizards aren't that cute, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Ken Salazar's gotta be happy: The black-tailed prairie dog isn't endangered after all

    Stop resting easy, pal. You're not endangered anymore.​Last December, when President Barack Obama first announced the nomination of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior, Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity criticized the choice, claiming that Salazar's environmental r ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Fixers, feeders, and the strange, hidden world of feral cats

    Stop resting easy, pal. You're not endangered anymore.​Last December, when President Barack Obama first announced the nomination of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior, Tucson's Center for Biological Diversity criticized the choice, claiming that Salazar's environmental r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: Living life on the edge in East Colfax

    The study of neighbors through their lawn decoration... ​ Figure 39. East Colfax: Emperor penguin on the edge All of the exotic creatures that come to Denver eventually end up on East Colfax Avenue. So, it should be no surprise to find a penguin perched on a porch in the neighborhood named ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Five things to do on Feral Cat Day

    ​Today, October 16, is National Feral Cat Day. This is not really a day of celebration; it's more of a day of scolding and sobering statistics, since the growing phenomenon of feral cats has a lot to do with the human capacity to abandon domesticated animals. Thirty thousand cats are euthanize ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Exxon-Mobil: admitted bird killers

    Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>

  • News

    July 30, 2009

    In Colorado, it's not about why the wildlife cross the road, but whether they'll survive the trip

    Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

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

    Talk about paying at the pump.​Exxon-Mobil had a bad day in court in Denver yesterday. The firm pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, including Colorado. The size of the fine and community-service payments Exxon-Mobil has agreed to pony up -- $600,000 -- is, to use an avian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Amid coyote fever, mountain lions ask: What about us?

    Grrrrrr. A couple of recent coyote-related incidents (read about them here and here) have kept the yipping varmints in the local news -- when newspapers and TV stations haven't been reporting about the travels of a certain lovesick wolf, that is. When the hell did Colorado media turn into the Disco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: Forget coyotes. What about cougars?

    Denver is in a tizzy over coyotes. Greenwood Village wants to shoot them. Denver wants to talk them to death, and will host a meeting Thursday to do just that. And not a moment too soon, apparently, because on Saturday evening, a 51-year-old woman walking a 75-pound lab near her home in the 3900 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 1, 2009

    For the Birds

    This bird-watching session requires binoculars and a chili spoon.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Coyotes getting bolder in ‘burbs

    This bird-watching session requires binoculars and a chili spoon.

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2008

    Stop Bird Porn: The leading contenders for weirdest, most worthless DNC protesters

    This bird-watching session requires binoculars and a chili spoon.

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Alpacas In

    Clothing, animals and more abound at the Estes Park Alpaca Market.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Seven Hidden Dangers of the Denver Zoo

    Clothing, animals and more abound at the Estes Park Alpaca Market.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2008

    Shmuck

    Clothing, animals and more abound at the Estes Park Alpaca Market.

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Inky Giants

    Learn all about the giant squid in Parker.

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    For the Birds

    Learn all about the giant squid in Parker.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    In the Bush with Bwana Banyan -- Continued

    Learn all about the giant squid in Parker.

  • Calendar

    May 10, 2007

    Bird Is the Word

    Learn all about the giant squid in Parker.

  • Calendar

    March 22, 2007

    Little Is Big

    Small mammals get some love.

  • News

    February 8, 2007

    Howl!

    Varmints are wild in the streets of Park Hill.

  • Film

    November 16, 2006

    Happy Feet

    That whole talking-animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • News

    June 1, 2006

    Fowl Bawl

    Is avian flu on the fly?

  • News

    April 27, 2006

    Stop, Thief!

    Vandalism as a sign of the times.

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Spring Fever, Bird Flu

    Catching errant wildlife with the web.

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    For the Birds

    Take a gander at the government's new plan.

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Rabbit Run

    When did jogging get so dangerous?

  • Film

    July 7, 2005

    Miracle on Ice

    The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better.

  • Film

    May 26, 2005

    Animal Crackers

    In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam.

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    Primate Directive

    Rita Anderson has a message for the University of Colorado: Let my monkeys go.

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