conservation and species recovery

California condors may soon return to Pacific Northwest

If a new proposal from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Yurok Tribe of Northern California and National Park Service passes, California condors could return to the skies of Oregon...

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Oregon Zoo seeks pika watchers for summer season

The Oregon Zoo is once again deputizing volunteers of all ages to seek out one of the cutest endangered animals in the world...

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Zoo seeks proposals for Northwest conservation grants

The Oregon Zoo is now accepting applications for its 2019 Future for Wildlife grants in support of animal conservation and wildlife welfare programs in the Pacific Northwest...

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Zoo, Oregon leaders work to fund wildlife conservation

The Oregon Zoo and its partners in conservation are asking Oregon lawmakers to support House Bill 2829, which would allocate $17 million annually to support underfunded non-game species programs...

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With inmates' help, rare NW butterfly is homeward bound

Innovative program helps return endangered butterfly to the wild in Oregon...

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Helping baby orangutans stay in school: A Q&A with Cydney Sines

Oregon Zoo primate keeper Cydney Sines and some colleagues traveled to Borneo recently to help train orangutans in Forest School...

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Egg-citing news! Zoo welcomes first condor chick of 2019

A fluffy new chick came out of its shell at the Oregon Zoo's Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation this week, kicking off what looks to be great year for the condor recovery effort...

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Zoo raises record number of endangered NW butterflies

Zoo conservationists roused 5,398 Taylor's checkerspot larvae from their winter dormancy this week, transferring the very hungry caterpillars into rearing cups at the zoo's Imperiled Butterfly Conservation Lab, where they will munch on narrowleaf plantain following an eight-...

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Rescuing western pond turtles: A Q&A with Shelly Pettit

Shelly Pettit, the Oregon Zoo's senior keeper for reptiles and amphibians, is on the frontlines of western pond turtle recovery efforts. She raises hatchlings at the zoo’s turtle conservation lab and helps prepare them for life in the wild...

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World's oldest orangutan turns 59 at Oregon Zoo

The Oregon Zoo's oldest resident, ultra-geriatric Sumatran orangutan Inji, turned 59 this month. She is thought to be the oldest orangutan in the world...

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