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Double the fun: Zoo welcomes second mountain goat kid

The only thing cuter than one baby mountain goat? Two baby mountain goats.

Backscratcher helps old leopard with hard-to-reach spots

When keepers at the Oregon Zoo noticed Borris, a geriatric Amur leopard, was having trouble grooming himself, they began using a backscratcher to assist with his daily routine.

Zoo marks train birthday with 60¢ rides

The Oregon Zoo is inviting visitors to ride the rails for 60 cents on Saturday, June 9, as its original train — the sleek, retro-modern Zooliner — turns 60 years old.

Lions and tigers and ... beers! PDX Beer Week kicks off at zoo

What has six trunks and hops? Portland is about to find out, as an 11-day celebration of beer in the world's greatest beer city kicks off Thursday, June 7, from 4 to 9 p.m. at the Oregon Zoo.

Drink a beer, save a condor: New brew helps an iconic bird

Condor Kolsch, brewed by Rogue Ales and released in partnership with the Oregon Zoo Foundation, is available on draft at the zoo, at Rogue pubs and in 22-ounce bottles in retail stores throughout the state.

Oregon Zoo, partners, return 15 endangered turtles to the wild

With the help of volunteers and local wildlife agencies, the zoo returned 15 endangered western pond turtles to the wild at the Columbia River Gorge yesterday.

New kid on the rock: Mountain goat Sassy has a baby

Mountain goat Sassy gave birth over the weekend, and can be seen with her new kid in the Cascade Crest habitat just past the zoo's main entrance.

Visitors can peek inside zoo butterfly lab this weekend

To celebrate Endangered Species Day, the pathway to the zoo's butterfly conservation lab will be open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Last condor chick of the season hatches at zoo offsite facility

The seventh California condor chick of the year arrived Thursday morning at Oregon Zoo's Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, wrapping up another successful hatching season — a significant step forward in the recovery of this critically endangered species.

New Humboldt penguin chicks' pool time going swimmingly

The Oregon Zoo's two fluffy Humboldt penguin chicks are leaving the nest this week and hitting the pool.

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