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Download Summer 2010 Issue (2 mb) In this issue Built to Be Natural A tour of the new Nature Boardwalk, from shoreline plants to skyscraper views. A Proud History Lincoln Park Zoo and the South Pond share a history that spans swans, cemeteries and decades of family fun.

New Interactives



Sculpture Map and Tour
Browse Lincoln Park Zoo's sculpture collection.

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Veterinary Services Case Studies: Cinereous Vulture
On this adult female cinereous vulture, the right foot is normal, but the left one is not. What do you think the problem is?


New Articles

Songs & Snuggles, Pebbles & Pursuit The displays of courtship and methods of breeding at Lincoln Park Zoo are as diverse as the animals exhibiting them.

Seasoned Support 38 years of membership reflects Eric and Barb Youngquist’s commitment to keeping Lincoln Park Zoo free and open to all.

Carlyn & Irving Ungar Members like the Ungars personify the zoo’s longstanding role in the lives of generations of Chicagoans.

Introducing Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo The zoo unveiled its new urban ecosystem today, welcoming visitors to the transformed landscape of Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo.

Birthday Bash JoJo’s gorilla group at Regenstein Center for African Apes enjoyed some special enrichment to celebrate the silverback’s 30th birthday!

Nature Boardwalk Update Pepper Construction spent the summer deepening and dredging the existing pond to provide a more hospitable home for native wildlife.

New Slideshows and Movies

Sleep Under the Skyscrapers Slideshow Educators and campers set up tents on the south lawn to experience the zoo's urban ecosystem at night. See photos from our inaugural Sleep Under the Skyscrapers event.

Red Wolf Reintroduction Slideshow Keeper Erin Hennessy takes us along as two pups from this year’s red wolf litter are “fostered” into wild dens as part of the recovery program for this critically endangered species.

Wine and Wildlife: Saving the Serengeti Guests enjoy glasses of wine as they learn how Lincoln Park Zoo is leading efforts to save Africa’s crown jewel: the Serengeti.

Wine and Wildlfe: The Truth About Chimpanzees Fans of wine and wildlife gather to hear David Morgan (Lincoln Park Zoo) and Crickette Sanz talk about studying—and conserving—the apes occupying the Republic of Congo’s Goualougo Triangle.

Birthday Bash Slideshow JoJo’s gorilla group at Regenstein Center for African Apes enjoyed some special enrichment to celebrate the silverback’s 30th birthday!

Bedtime Buddies Slideshow Regenstein Center for African Apes welcomed families to see what the zoo’s gorillas and chimpanzees do after the zoo is closed.

Protecting the Puerto Rican Parrot Slideshow One of the most endangered birds in the world, the Puerto Rican parrot had its population reduced to just 13 wild parrots in 1975. Habitat loss, hurricanes and predation had devastated a population that once numbered in the tens of thousands.