Lincoln Park Zoo

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

Let's talk about numbers. At Lincoln Park Zoo, conservation is our mission, and science is the method. With one of the largest zoo-based conservation and science programs in the country, Lincoln Park Zoo is dedicated to using science to conserve wildlife and provide better care. If you break it down by the numbers, since 1989 our scientific team has.... 🦁 Supported 500+ species with science based management recommendations 🤝 Partnered with 100+ universities, NGOs, government agencies, and zoos and aquariums around the world 🔍 Studied 250+ wildlife species from Chicago to the Republic of Congo 🧑🎓 Trained 450+ undergraduate interns, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows 📝Published 275+ scientific articles and book chapters

Have you heard about the Urban Wildlife Information Network? The Urban Wildlife Information Network (UWIN), coordinated by Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute, is an alliance of ecologists and educators across the globe. Members of the network use shared methods to collect data on how wildlife adapt to and use cities. Developed at Lincoln Park Zoo, protocols involving camera trapping and other monitoring methods are employed at each city in the network. By comparing data, researchers can understand differences in animal behavior across regions and find patterns that remain consistent around the world. UWIN works to provide city planners, wildlife managers, and researchers with the tools needed to make cities part of the solution to the biodiversity crisis. UWIN is always accepting inquiries and proposals for institutions to join the network!

Our teams are hurting and we are grieving. Please keep the Animal Care and Veterinary Services teams in your thoughts during this time. 

Despite a 2022 court ruling that chimps used for research must be relocated to retirement at a sanctuary, the National Institutes of Health still has no plans to move the 26 chimps currently housed in a government laboratory. Their rationale is that the chimps are too sick to travel. The problem with that? They’ve said the chimps have been moribund, or on the brink of sudden death, for more than 5 years. Experts, including Lincoln Park Zoo’s Dr. Lester E. Fisher director of veterinary medicine Dr. Kathryn Gamble, say that N.I.H. must consider that the risks of transport are outweighed by the enormous potential benefits of being placed in appropriate sanctuary care at Chimp Haven, our sanctuary partner. Learn more via The New York Times:

We're featured on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom! Learn how you can help protect chimps by being mindful of what you ❤️ on social media, and about how Lincoln Park Zoo is helping pave the way to a brighter future for these charismatic creatures.

Congratulations to Liza Lehrer, who was named one of this year’s Biota Award winners by the Walder Foundation! 👏 Liza was selected for her research titled BatTracker: community-driven research to monitor bats and connect Chicago residents to nature. 🦇

Keep an eye out for a new meadow-like installation on South Lawn! This huge garden is primarily made up of native plants, including a variety of carex, grasses and flowering forbs. In early spring, these grass-like perennials will support wildlife by providing food, generating nesting material, and acting as a shelter for small critters. 🌾 A big shoutout to Horticulture staff and volunteers!

Head to Lincoln Park Zoo’s social media, blog, and YouTube for the second edition of Diving Deeper, a week-long takeover of the zoo’s channels that explores the zoo’s stories in a deep, meaningful way. The second edition of Diving Deeper just wrapped up, and the focus was on the Urban Wildlife Institute! Through social media posts, video, and blog articles, the zoo gives people an opportunity to learn more about the animals with whom we share our city, explore the vastness of the Urban Wildlife Information Network, discover the collaborative process of urban wildlife data collection, reexamine their definition of and relationship with city-dwelling animals, and more.    Be sure to follow @LincolnParkZoo and check out lpzoo.org/urbanwildlife to follow along!          

Thank you to everyone who made this possible!