What do Oregon Zoo residents and zoo supporters have in common? They all turned into party animals on the eve of Saturday, July 21 in honor of Zoolala, the Oregon Zoo Foundation’s annual summer celebration and benefit for the Oregon Zoo...
In August the wolves will be departing for the Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari in Omaha, Neb. — part of the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium — as the Oregon Zoo prepares for work on a vastly expanded home for its Asian elephant herd...
The Oregon Zoo is once again offering Zoo Doo to the public. Zoo Doo is produced from herbivore manure and bedding – much of it courtesy of the prolific pachyderms — which has been allowed to compost for a couple of months...
After one of the rainiest Junes on record and a relatively cool July, Portlanders may feel like summer's just getting under way. But for seven western pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo, a nearly yearlong stretch of warm days and nights will soon be drawing to an end...
The Oregon Zoo will close early at 3 p.m. this Saturday, July 21, to set up for the Oregon Zoo Foundation's annual summer celebration, Zoolala. Visitors already in the zoo by that time may remain until 4 p.m...
The Oregon Zoo's 12-year effort to save the endangered Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit will draw to a close on Thursday, July 19, when the zoo releases its last 14 breeding rabbits and their offspring at the Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area in eastern Washington...
They've been billed as "a modern-day version of Tina Turner stroking the microphone in a spangled mini-dress while fronting the RollingStones" — and if that description sounds a bit over the top, well, it's definitely in the right ballpark...
Once a year, Oregon Zoo supporters get the chance to really go wild and enjoy top-notch food, drink and entertainment while supporting the zoo's many hallmark programs...
