Lincoln Park Zoo

Fantastic news: Lincoln Park Zoo is now an accredited botanic garden!

On Tuesday night, we celebrated the 2024 Biota Awardees: Sean Hoban, Liza Lehrer, Gabriela Nunez-Mir, Yoel Stuart, and Benjamin Van Doren at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo! Attendees were treated to a fantastic panel discussion with previous Biota Awardees, Cara Brook, Noé U. de la Sancha, and Maureen Murray, expertly led by WBEZ Chicago's Sasha-Ann Simons. The conversation focused on the vital interconnections between biodiversity and human health, sparking insightful and inspiring dialogue. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this memorable evening! Visit biotaawards.org to learn about the 2025 Biota Awards application. #BiotaAwards #Biodiversity #LincolnParkZoo #Chicago

Senator Richard Durbin stopped by Latinos Progresando’s Community Center! We, alongside Latinos Progrsesando and The Nature Conservancy in Illinois, had a wonderful afternoon talking about our partnership designed to enhance the health of people and the planet, as well as co-created programs like Explorando la Naturaleza (Exploring Nature), an adult learning program that trains Parent Leaders from Marshall Square how to explore social-emotional learning in nature with youth and families.

The Department of Integrated Biology collaborated with other Urban Wildlife Information Network partners to help highlight the effect of gentrification on urban wildlife populations in cities across the nation. The research findings contributed to a new study being conducted by Lincoln Park Zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute.

An absolutely heartbreaking new study published in the European Journal of Wildlife Research found that painted woolly bats are being hunted and killed to become Halloween decor—primarily for U.S. consumers.   Lincoln Park Zoo is proud to partner with Monitor Conservation Research Society to help bring an end to wildlife trafficking, including the killing of vulnerable painted woolly bats. This species' populations have been declining and scientists have been raising concerns about the potential harm of the bat decor trade for nearly a decade, yet the market and demand has only grown. Help save the painted woolly bat by a taking moment to check out and share this link via Monitor’s Chris R. Shepherd, a co-author on the paper. https://lnkd.in/eiC2ffa4

Can you think of a better venue for a meeting?! Our Vice President of HR, People & Culture Genevieve Gonnigan snapped these sweet pics of the pride catching some zzz’s at last week’s full team Town Hall held in Pepper Family Wildlife Center.

Look who stopped by! Margaret Croke started Illinois Summer Camp Day right by welcoming the Lincoln Park Zoo campers. #ACAIllinois #campisessential

New publication alert! “Impacts of anthropogenic habitat modification on mammalian diversity in the Mau Forest Complex, Kenya” was accepted in Global Ecology and Conservation. This article is a collaborative partnership between the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology at Lincoln Park Zoo, the Field Museum, University of Eldoret, Maasai Mara University, and lead author Evance Ouya. The research team accomplished the first systematic camera-trap survey of mammals in the very difficult terrain of the Mau Forest in Kenya, where they found some very cool rare species and strong indications that forest degradation endangers these species, reducing overall mammalian diversity in the forest. https://lnkd.in/gXdq_TXB

Love animals and conservation? Whether you're looking for a job in animal care, or just like working alongside people who care about animals, Lincoln Park Zoo might just be the place for you! Check out available jobs and apply directly at lpzoo.org/careers