conservation and species recovery

Director's statement on Endangered Species Act rule changes

This week, federal agencies published rule changes that will cripple the Endangered Species Act, our nation’s most effective tool in the fight against extinction...

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Zoo, partners send 1,600 endangered butterflies into wild

Throughout July, zoo butterfly conservationists and partners will release more than 1,600 Oregon silverspot caterpillars in an effort to stabilize declining populations of this threatened species...

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New program gives endangered Northwest frog a leg up

Hundreds of imperiled northern leopard frogs will be hopping back into the wild soon, thanks to a pilot recovery program at the Oregon Zoo...

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It's a shellebration: Endangered baby turtles hatch at zoo

Four nickel-sized western pond turtles, which came to the lab as eggs earlier this month, are the first of this endangered species to hatch in the zoo's conservation lab...

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Gov. Brown signs critical wildlife legislation into law

Oregon has the West Coast's highest rate of vehicle-wildlife collisions, but road trips could soon be safer for both people and animals, thanks to new legislation signed by Gov. Kate Brown today...

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Saving condors in Big Sur: A Q&A with Joe Burnett

Joe Burnett, a senior wildlife biologist and project coordinator for Ventana, recently spoke to the Oregon Zoo about the fight to bring condors back from the brink of extinction...

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Last condor chick of the season hatches at zoo offsite facility

The eighth California condor chick hatched last month at Oregon Zoo's Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, wrapping up another successful year — and marking another significant step forward in the recovery of this critically endangered species...

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Zoo to host meeting on NW condor reintroduction plan

California condors haven't soared through Oregon skies for more than a century, but a new plan could bring these majestic birds back to the Pacific Northwest as early as next year...

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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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