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Zoos and Aquariums

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo, on his new all-Colorado food cart

    Beau Green Denver Zoo 2300 Steele Street www.denverzoo.org This is part one of my interview with Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo. You can read part of our interview in this space tomorrow. It was a juvenile-court judge who forced Beau Green into a kitchen. The 37-year-old chef of the Denve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Denver Zoo's poop-and-trash-powered rickshaw on display at 1700 Broadway

    We first told you about the Denver Zoo's plan to turn a shitload of shit into electricity and heat back in 2009. The key is a scientific process called gasification. Basically, it works like this: Poop and trash and other waste goes in, science happens, and then voila! The end product is a useful c ... More >>

  • 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

    December 9, 2011

    Should Denver Zoo elephants be renamed after Toyota vehicles in light of $5.4 mil donation?

    ​The Denver Zoo's two lady elephants, Mimi and Dolly, moved yesterday to their new home: the recently rechristened Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit. Formerly called Asian Tropics, the ten-acre, $50 million elephant exhibit was renamed thanks to a $5.4 million donation from the Denver Toyota Dea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Denver Zoo's new elephant exhibit renamed Toyota Elephant Passage after $5.4 mil donation

    ​ Update, 4:15 p.m.: The zoo has announced how much money the seven local Toyota dealerships donated to the newly christened Toyota Elephant Passage exhibit, slated to open in June 2012. The figure? $5.4 million, the zoo's second-largest donation ever. Read on for more details.

  • 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

    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 >>

  • 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

    May 26, 2011

    It's a Zoo in Here!

    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

    April 7, 2011

    Denver Zoo welcomes four red ruffed (and endangered) (and effing cute!) lemurs

    "We loves being born!"​ We here at Effing Adorable Animal Baby Headquarters just got a super-important dispatch from the Denver Zoo: four new red ruffed lemur babies! Though not as effing adorable as the zoo's four Amur tiger cubs -- who won the prestigious Best Denver Zoo Animal Babies award ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Denver Zoo's new elephant exhibit, Asian Tropics, is halfway finished (PHOTOS)

    ​Asian Tropics, the Denver Zoo's biggest-ever project, is halfway finished. When it's fully completed in the spring of 2012, it will be home to several species, including up to eight male Asian elephants -- a necessity for captive breeding, but an intimidating feat that brings certain challeng ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Denver Zoo's Zoo Lights is one of the best holiday lights displays in the world, says Bing

    Dave Parsons/Denver ZooThis dragon is en fuego.​ What does the Denver Zoo have in common with Jerusalem? How about with a thirty-foot tree made entirely of Legos? Or a bridge in Branson, Missouri, a city best described as Las Vegas for Christians? Stumped? We'll tell you. Bing (if you don't kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Denver Zoo: Help its elephant poop dreams come true by voting in the Pepsi Refresh Project

    Elephants poop a lot.​ Everybody poops, including elephants -- who produce 200 pounds of the stuff every day. That's the weight of a man. Hear that, kids? An elephant poops out a man every single day. And the Denver Zoo has a plan to turn all that poop into electricity to power its new Asian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Denver Zoo's baby orangutan wants to meet you!

    Dave Parsons/Denver Zoo​ Hesty, the Denver Zoo's new effing adorable baby Sumatran orangutan, is ready to see and be seen. Born on June 19 to mother Nias and father Mias, she made her public debut on exhibit this past Saturday. (No word on whether the zoo's other baby animals were insanely jea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Bear sex? Horny elephants? Inside Denver Zoo's Singles Safari

    Dave Parsons/Denver Zoo​On the agenda for the Denver Zoo's second-ever Singles Safari event this Friday night: horny elephants, polar bear sex, and why big cats like Calvin Klein's Obsession so much. "We wanted to give a different way to interpret animals and talk about animals to this crowd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Denver Zoo's new general curator, Brian Aucone, returns home

    Brian Aucone.​Fourteen years ago, Brian Aucone was a lowly Denver Zoo intern, cleaning up animal poo and setting up exhibits. A biology student at the University of Northern Colorado, Aucone would drive to Denver from Greeley every Saturday to work at the zoo for free (and class credit). Now, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Cranbeary, the Denver Zoo's returning lady polar bear, is looking for love(making)

    Dave Parsons/Denver ZooCranbeary is smiling. Maybe because she just did it.​ It's Adorable Animal Friday! (See previous installments here: baby giraffe is born; baby monkey is effing cute; naked mole rats are effing hideous.) Today, we bring you Cranbeary, an eight-year-old polar bear who has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Naked mole rats: these ugly (but endearing!) critters are back by popular demand at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

    Cheyenne Mountain ZooI'm back, b*#%^$s! ​How's this for a ringing endorsement? "They're not pretty, but they're pretty fun!" And that's from a guy whose job it is to promote the animals at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs -- which will welcome back a pack (gaggle? family? nest? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Otter still not popped: Kitchi remains on the loose more than a week after busting out of zoo

    Photo courtesy Cheyenne Mountain Zoo"Made you look."​Earlier this week, we told you about Kitchi the otter, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo escapee, who managed to evade recapture even after being trapped in a culvert with a robotic camera vehicle at one end and a safe trap on the other. By now, Kitchi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Traveling trunk: Big wooden elephant arrives at Denver Zoo

    Courtesy of Dave Parsons/Denver ZooDa elephant statue. Word.​ What's six feet tall, made of wood and never forgets? Why, the Denver Zoo's new elephant statute, of course! Forgive our bad joke. It's Friday afternoon and our brains are mushy. It's true, however, that the zoo has a new wooden e ... 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 24, 2009

    Wild Kingdom

    "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 2, 2009

    Denver Zoo gets ready for "green weenies" by breaking ground on an exhibit of elephantine proportions

    Will Ranchipur, a 43-year-old bull currently living at the San Diego Zoo, one day call Denver home? I know a few lady elephants who sure hope so.​The elephants are coming! The big, giant, hulking male elephants are coming. To Denver, that is. The Denver Zoo broke ground today on Asian Tropics ... 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 >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Poo Power at 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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Big feet, big trunks: Ten of the country's most eligible elephant bachelors

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Inside one of the nation's top carnivore sanctuaries

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2008

    A Wild Time at Thursday's Do At The Zoo

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2008

    Tonight: Do At The Zoo

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    Mile High Music and Arts Festival Update

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 21, 2007

    Child's Play

    Ken Bohn, San Diego ZooRanchipur, a 43-year-old bull at the San Diego Zoo, tries to pick up 42-year-old Cha Cha. "Hey baby. Are you wearing space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!" "Oh, like I haven't heard that one before. Dick." "Caution: A Herd of Bull Elephants is Coming to the Denv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 21, 2006

    KwanZoo

    Pick your favorite Kwanzaa celebration and run with it.

  • Calendar

    September 7, 2006

    Party Animals

    The Denver Zoo encourages imbibing for Brew at the Zoo.

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Rabbit Run

    When did jogging get so dangerous?

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2004

    A Slice of History

    Get yourself a pizza the action at the Wazee's anniversary party

  • Calendar

    September 9, 2004

    Pharaoh Weather

    Travel through time with Treasures of Ancient Egypt

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2004

    Grrrrrrrr!

    Jungle Lovin' gives humans a peek at animal amour

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    A Dog's Life

    Bodie was a stray; now he's a star. But how stellar are his accommodations?

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    Book, Chapter and Verse

    B.C. Tours offers a politically incorrect view of Denver. From the beginning.

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    Off Limits

    Sour fruit

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Off Limits

    A revolutionary idea

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Animal-Attraction Encounters

    An Adult Wild Night
    The Denver Zoo

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Off Limits

    An Adult Wild Night
    The Denver Zoo

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    Off the Deep End

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

  • News

    November 15, 1995

    KLONDIKE AND SNOW JOB

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

  • News

    September 27, 1995

    LETTERS

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    LETTERS

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

  • News

    September 20, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

  • News

    September 13, 1995

    WE'RE LOADED FOR BEARKLONDIKE & SNOW MUST GO ENOUGH OF THIS POLAR ICE CRAP.

    Colorado's Ocean Journey is banking on expensive special effects to drive home its conservationist message.

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