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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Eastern Box Turtle Conservation Project
Nashville Zoo’s herpetology team is in the second year of a conservation project that monitors and tracks Eastern box turtles right here on Zoo grounds.
Why are Eastern box turtle populations declining?
Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) are found in grasslands, marshes, woodlands and forest edges often near streams and ponds throughout North America. These turtles are typically common and widespread but have recently been experiencing population decline due to ...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Seeing Spots?
Those are spots you are seeing on the glass in front of you!
Every year up to one billion birds die due to glass collisions. Nashville Zoo is helping to address this big issue by fitting all of our glass around the Zoo with anti-bird strike spotted film. This spotted film will help the birds see the window and prevent them from running into it. You can see this film on the glass at meerkat, saddle-billed stork and even up at the windows at the Croft Center where some of our administrat...
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Celebrating 25 Years at Grassmere
Nashville Zoo hits 25-year milestone!
Since opening at the Grassmere property in 1997, Nashville Zoo has celebrated tremendous growth over the past 25 years. The Zoo is rated one of the top attractions in the state and has become a staple for Tennesseans and tourists. Viewed as an international force in the world of conservation, Nashville Zoo participates in research efforts around the world and right in our backyard to save threatened species.
Where it all started
The Grassmere prop...
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Who's Who in the Aviary
Walking into the Aviary inside Unseen New World a few things are obvious: the constant 76 degree temperature, tall trees, rushing water, and noisy birds. However, it is easy to walk in and out without getting the full experience.
Use this guide to make sure you don’t miss the diversity of animals in this exhibit!
What to look for
There are currently 10 species of birds from Central and South America and Africa along with two species of turtles and three species of lizards. S...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Jungle Gym is Now Open
(Please note: As of 3/22: Some concrete and tile work still needs to be completed in the playground entrance. The “tot lot” (padded toddler area) and a small piece of the original playground structure remain closed as additional repairs need to be made in those areas. There is a chance the Jungle Gym may close again in the coming weeks to complete that work.)
The highly-anticipated, crowd-pleasing, kid-favorite Jungle Gym playground is finally open again at Nashvill...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022
Dinosaurs Return to Nashville Zoo
Starting March 11, guests at Nashville Zoo will have a chance to embark on a prehistoric adventure with DinoTrek, a wooded trail featuring more than 20 life-size animatronic dinosaurs. Last seen at the Zoo in 2014, DinoTrek will run through the end of July.
DinoTrek begins at a hidden entrance near the Zoo's Historic Grassmere Home and Farm and winds along a forest path where guests discover life-like prehistoric beasts that move, growl, hiss, roar, and even spit. Educational sign...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
Conservation Highlights in 2021
Nashville Zoo is celebrating the new year with incredible conservation achievements. From breeding successes to headstart programs – we had a BIG year!
We actively participate in 50+ Species Survival Plan® Programs - for animals as small as Puerto Rican crested toads to as large as the Sumatran tiger! Here are a few highlights from 2021.
Species Survival Plan and Global Species Management Plans
Giant Anteater
We welcomed a male giant anteater pup, Esteban, on...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Releasing Alligator Snapping Turtles
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On August 26, 2021, a team from Nashville Zoo, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), and the Cumberland River Aquatic Center successfully released 30 alligator snapping turtles into the waters near Wolf River in West Tennessee.
The Release
16 of the 30 alligator snapping turtles released were from Nashville Zoo’s headstart program. These turtles weighed ranging from just under a kilogram to two and a half kilograms prior to release. Each turtle was given a unique individual...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Baby Babirusa Born at Nashville Zoo
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It is another exciting day at Nashville Zoo because we have a baby babirusa! The babirusa piglet was born on July 21, 2021, and her name is Garland. She spent her first few weeks with Tinsel (mom) behind-the-scenes and made her exhibit debut this morning. The piglet had a successful neonatal exam and we have got a healthy little girl!
The day before the piglet was born, Tinsel wanted to be out on exhibit but did not want to be around Dobby (dad). Tinsel spent her entire ...
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Udderly Amazing Heritage Breeds
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Did you know that certain species of cattle are endangered? Many people don’t think of cattle as being endangered, but some even face critical endangerment just like the Sumatran tiger or Mexican spider monkey. Here at Nashville Zoo, the two devon steers at the Grassmere Historic Farm are considered critically endangered due to modern farming techniques and selective cattle breeding. This type of cattle is, therefore, categorized as a heritage breed.
What are heritage breeds?
Heritage ...
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Friday, July 16, 2021
Releasing Hellbenders
This June and July, Nashville Zoo team members waded into the waters of Middle Tennessee to successfully release a total of 29 eastern hellbenders back into the wild. These hellbenders had been raised at the Zoo for the past six years as part of a headstart program, after being collected as eggs from streams in Middle Tennessee.
The Need for the Headstart Program
This hellbender headstart program was started because researchers had observed a decline in juvenile animals in the wild an...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Know Your Pollinators - National Pollinator Week
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National Pollinator Week is celebrated each year at the end of June. This annual event allows us to take time and support pollinator health internationally! Pollinators are important because they are the cornerstone of our ecosystems. They promote biodiversity and assist plants in reproduction by transferring pollen from the male anther one flower to the female stigma of another. Around 80% of the crops that produce our food and plant-based industrial products require pollinati...
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Coral Conservation at the Zoo
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Help celebrate World Ocean Day by visiting Nashville Zoo’s Florida Reef Tract Coral Conservation Lab to learn more about how you can save coral!
World Ocean Day began as a way to highlight the impact of human activities on the ocean, such as pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing. The ocean covers over 70% of the planet and produces at least 50% of Earth’s oxygen. Although the ocean is one of our most crucial resources, human actions have resulted in the depletion of ...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021
New Morton Cabin Exhibit
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Update: This exhibit gained national attention after opening in June of 2021 and the Morton Family Exhibit and Opening was awarded Top Honors for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Angela Peterson Excellence Diversity Award at the AZA Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD in August of 2022. This award recognizes institutions that have made significant strides in creating influential and transformative programs in diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion. We were awarded top ...
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Thursday, May 20, 2021
Endangered Species Day
In honor of Endangered Species Day, we're taking a look at some of the most endangered species that call Nashville Zoo home. It may surprise you that all six of our primate species are considered endangered or critically endangered.
Cotton-Top TamarinCritically Endangered
Mexican Spider Monkey Critically Endangered
White-Cheecked Gibbons Critically Endangered
Siamang Endangered
Ring-Tailed Lemur Endangered
Red Ruffed Lemur Critically Endangered
These primate species are f...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Are You Ready for Brood X?
Cicada 101
Cicadas spend most of their lives underground. They spend years becoming adults before they emerge to sing, mate, and lay eggs. Although they have a long reputation as a loud, swarming pest, they don’t bite or sting.
Of the 190 cicada species in North America, only seven of them are periodical, emerging every 13 or 17 years. These periodical cicadas are separated into “broods” based on their species, location, and when they emerge.
This year, Brood X is emerging a...
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Zoo Mourns Unexpected Loss of a Newborn Giraffe
The baby giraffe, so anxiously awaited by people around the world, died shortly after birth today after being stepped on by her mother. Nashville Zoo's pregnant giraffe, Nasha, went into labor under the watchful eyes of thousands of people tuning in through an online live feed of the event. Shortly into labor, complications developed.
Nasha was not progressing appropriately with her delivery and medical intervention was required. With the help of Dr. Matthew DeLisle from Tennessee Equine Hosp...
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Monday, December 7, 2020
How You Can Stop the Next Pandemic (And Save Endangered Animals Too)
Like most emerging diseases these days, COVID-19 originated from a wild animal and was passed on to a human. This transfer took place at a wet market, a commercial area that includes the sale of wild animals for human consumption. Wet markets are largely unregulated and at high risk for spreading zoonotic disease. Many of these markets are also linked to the illegal wildlife trade.
In May, U.S. Sen. Coons introduce the Global Wildlife Health and Pandemic Prevention Act designed to halt the i...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Spider Monkey Troop Update
Update 1/6/20: Overnight on New Year's Eve, Molly went into labor and gave birth to a male. Unfortunately, the baby was stillborn. We are saddened by this loss but grateful for the knowledge we acquired during Molly's pregnancy. Molly is doing well, and our keeper staff is giving her an abundance of comfort and care.
Back in July, the Zoo’s primate keepers discovered that one of our three female spider monkeys, Molly, was pregnant. While the news was exciting, the keepers had started pl...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Jungle Gym Addition: Promise Park
The Jungle Gym will Soon be Available to Everyone
One of the more popular areas of the Zoo is, arguably, our 66,000 square-foot Jungle Gym playground. Of the 1.26 million guests in the Zoo last year, a good portion of them spent time climbing, swinging, sliding, crawling, and running throughout our play space. All of this use takes its toll on the wooden structures and, inevitably, we must occasionally close for repairs. When we open, the Jungle Gym will offer a new area designed for children...
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
Congo Receives Special Hoof Care
Giraffes spend the majority of their lives on their feet so their hooves must remain in great shape. Our male giraffe, Congo, was born with a poorly formed right front hoof which has caused him to abnormally shift his weight (all 2,300 pounds of it) to his other feet. For years, the Zoo’s veterinary and giraffe care teams have worked hard caring for Congo’s hooves while he was awake and willing. However, his ability to walk without discomfort continued to ...
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Friday, September 18, 2020
Zoo Wins Back-to-Back Exhibit Awards
Nashville Zoo is proud to announce that our Tiger Crossroads exhibit has received Top Honors for the Exhibit Design Award from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. This award was also given to the Zoo in 2019 for our Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear exhibit. Winning top honors in exhibit design for two years in a row has taken place only two other times in AZA history. The first in 1976 and 1977 at the Saint Louis Zoo. The second was 33 years ago in 1986 and 1987 at the Bronx Zoo.&n...
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Monday, June 29, 2020
Pouch Peeking Provides Pictures of Progress
Last year, keepers at the Nashville Zoo’s Kangaroo Kickabout learned that our mob of Red kangaroos would begin breeding. They developed an ambitious training plan to observe and record kangaroo babies (joeys) throughout the developmental process from birth to emergence from the pouch.
Kangaroos are considered marsupials which means they give birth to a premature fetus that finishes developing while attached to a teat in the mother’s pouch. The pouch is a fold of skin that covers...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
First Cassowary Hatches Despite Hazards
On June 5, Nashville Zoo welcomed our first cassowary chick into the world. After 54 days of incubation and a few harrowing nights of severe weather, the female chick hatched and is currently being cared for in the Zoo’s HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center.
“The males are the ones that sit on the eggs and protect them from harm,” said Shelley Norris, Nashville Zoo’s Avian Area Supervisor. “He sat through several bad storms in April and May including the big storm ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Two Caracal Kittens Born
A Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gift
While we celebrated Mother’s Day, a caracal was preparing to give birth and be a mother to two healthy kittens. Very close to midnight on May 10, 2020, she delivered inside her nest box. They are the first caracals ever to be born at Nashville Zoo, and the animal care team has been keeping a close eye on them and wishing her a very special Mother’s Day.
Like human mothers, caracals need time to bond with their new offspring. No need for a &l...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Binturong Born at the Zoo
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce that Lucy, one of our Palawan binturongs, gave birth to a male kit (common name for a baby binturong) on March 13, 2020. At birth, the kit weighted 279 grams (about 10 ounces) and is currently being raised by the Zoo's veterinarian team.
“Lucy has had kits before and has a history of not producing milk for her young,” said Dr. Margarita Woc Colburn, Nashville Zoo Associate Veterinarian. “Because of this, we are hand-raising the...
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Thursday, March 19, 2020
Two Cape Porcupines Born at Nashville Zoo
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce the birth of two Cape Porcupines. The porcupettes (the common name for baby porcupines) were born on February 24 each weighing approximately 450 grams (about a pound). Sex has yet to be determined. Both mother and porcupettes are doing fine.
"Mkali (the mother) has been well trained which is very beneficial for her keepers," said Nate Morris, one of the porcupine keepers at Nashville Zoo. "She's learned how to voluntarily let our veter...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
Giant Anteater Pup Born at Nashville Zoo
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce the birth of a healthy, giant anteater. The mom, a 17-year old named Praim, delivered the male on February 28 at a normal weight of 2.69 pounds. Both she and the newborn are doing fine.
“This is Praim’s 7th pup so she is an experienced mom, and everything went smoothly,” said Danielle Berthold, a carnivore keeper. “The pup will now stay with mom until he is a year to a year-and-a-half old. After that he’ll either stay at...
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
Working To Stop Illegal Wildlife Trade Of Cheetahs In Somaliland
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Illegal wildlife trafficking is an ever-increasing problem for the conservation of species in the wild, and the trafficking of cheetahs is no exception. It is estimated that every year more than 300 young cheetahs are illegally snatched from Ethiopia, northern Kenya, Somalia and Somaliland, then smuggled out of Somaliland to be sent across the Gulf of Aden to the Arabian Peninsula where they are bought and sold in illegal online sales to the wealthy.
Most of these cubs are pulled fro...
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Monday, January 27, 2020
Nashville International Airport Now Home To Life-Sized Giraffe Sculpture
It will be hard to miss the 2-story tall reticulated giraffe now hanging out in the rental car area of Nashville International Airport.
And that’s exactly the point.
Nashville Zoo installed the giraffe, created by Dorand Design Studios, overnight on January 9 in hopes to draw more attention to the Zoo. The giraffe is accompanied by a few pieces of luggage and signs directing toward Nashville Zoo (7 miles away) and Kenya (8,104 miles away).
“We want to make sure travel...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Nashville Zoo To Provide Support To Australian Wildfire Relief Efforts
Nashville Zoo is sending $30,000 to support Australia's efforts to rescue and protect wildlife affected by devastating wildfires. Additionally, the Zoo is committing all funds from a guest donation program called "Round Up for Conservation."
“We’re deeply saddened by what’s happening to the wildlife and habitats in Australia,” said Rick Schwartz, Nashville Zoo President and CEO. “We feel a moral obligation to help the ongoing efforts and ...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Nashville Zoo Welcomes New Board Members
Nashville Zoo and Zoo Board Chairman, Julie W. Walker, are pleased to announce the addition of five new members to the Board of Directors.
The Zoo’s new additions to the board of directors include the following:
Diane Triplett Holloway supports her husband, J.L., in business, business entertaining and business travel. She graduated from The University of Mississippi with a Bachelor’s of Science in Interior Design and was previously the owner of Fridge’s Fine Gif...
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Monday, November 18, 2019
Zoo Mural Unveiled on 12 South
Nashville’s 12 South neighborhood just got a little bit fiercer.
Taqueria del Sol and TRIM Nashville’s north-facing wall is now home to a Nashville Zoo mural featuring its iconic “Music Kitty” tiger with an accompanying microphone. This is the first mural that visitors see upon entering the 12 South shopping area.
Nashville Zoo’s multimedia designer, Kate Johns, collaborated with muralist Stephen Sloan of Never Xtinct (@neverxtinct) who brought the desi...
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Friday, November 1, 2019
Gifts that Give Back at Nashville Zoo's Zawadi Market
Want to make an impact this holiday season? Shop with a purpose and check out our Holiday Gift Guide! The Zoo’s gift shop, Zawadi Market, has creative gifts for everyone in your herd.
Nashville Zoo offers gifts that keep on giving - beyond Fair Trade Certified products and the use of recycled materials, the Zoo has worked diligently to offer fun gift items that increase awareness and educate guests on the importance of conservation, renewable materials and repurposing with a focus on r...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Nashville Zoo Awarded Best Restrooms in Country by Cintas
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Nashville Zoo’s Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear women’s restroom and Entry Village's men's restroom have been named America’s Best Restrooms by Cintas. Expedition Peru's restroom is the home to the Zoo’s family of six cotton-top tamarins, a critically endangered primate species from South America and Entry Village's restroom is home to a Boelen's python.
"We’re honored Cintas and the public have recogniz...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Nashville Zoo's Grassmere Historic Home Featured in Parade of Homes
Nashville Zoo’s Grassmere Historic Home is honored to be a part of the James Hardie 2019 Parade of Homes taking place at The Grove in College Grove, TN. The historic home’s internal and external design has been replicated and modernized by Hatcliff Construction and will be on display for the public to see Oct. 12-27.
The Parade of Homes is an annual event produced by the Home Builders Association of Middle Tennessee (HBAMT). The event features multiple new homes...
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Monday, October 14, 2019
Zoo Outlook for Fall & Winter 2019/2020
The cooler weather offers an exceptional experience at Nashville Zoo. This is our least busy time of the year offering opportunities for quiet walks along our pathways and special glimpses at animals that may be more active in the cooler environment.
Many of our animals have adapted to the Middle Tennessee climate and can be seen throughout our hours of 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Additionally, our Unseen New World offers indoor viewing of a wide array of reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects and mo...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
Nashville Zoo Welcomes New Female Cape Porcupine
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce the arrival of our new female Cape porcupine.
Mkali, meaning “fierce and bright” in Swahili, was born on Feb. 24, 2019 at the San Diego Zoo. Mkali joins the Zoo’s current 6-year-old male Cape porcupine, Jake Quyllenhaal.
Other than her smaller stature, keepers identify Mkali by looking for a thick, white stripe under her chin. Mkali's stripe is much larger and more defined than Jake's.
“Mkali and Jak...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019
Zoo Veterinary Center Receives Construction Excellence Award
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Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce that our recently completed HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center was awarded the Excellence in Construction Award in the Special Construction category by the Greater Tennessee Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors.
“We’ve worked many years on creating a veterinary center that is not only a state-of-the-art upgrade from our previous facility, but one of the best veterinary centers in the country, so it’s an absolut...
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Nashville Zoo Paving the Way for Komodo Dragon Reproduction Research
Just like people that need to understand and take care of their reproductive health, we carefully monitor and care for the reproductive health of the animals at Nashville Zoo. One issue our keeper and veterinary staff monitor is egg dystocia (egg binding), which is the number one problem facing female Komodo dragons in human care. Egg binding occurs when follicles are not re-absorbed due to lack of breeding or eggs are not laid. Both of these issues can cause numerous internal problems, ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Zoo Receives Top Honors For Andean Bear Exhibit and Education Programming
Nashville Zoo’s Expedition Peru: Trek of the Andean Bear received the Top Honors in Exhibit Design Award by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) at the AZA Annual Conference in New Orleans earlier this week.
The award is the highest achievement for exhibit design given by AZA and is judged by 18 seasoned zoo and aquarium professionals on exhibit design, contribution to conservation, interpretive programming and how the exhibit fits in the Zoo's long-...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Male Rhino Now On Exhibit
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce the male Southern white rhinoceros is now on exhibit.
“We’re excited to have a male here and hope to have baby rhinos on the ground within a couple years,” said Nashville Zoo Hoofstock Keeper, Jason Faessler.
Named The Cheetah by generous donors, the male rhino is 5 years old and weighs approximately 4,000 pounds. He has joined the current crash of four female Southern white rhinos - Nandi, Kacie, Norma and Mod...
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Thursday, August 1, 2019
Nashville Zoo Successfully Hatches Its First Chilean Flamingo
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce the successful hatching of a Chilean flamingo. This flamingo was brought to the Zoo as an egg by a Memphis Zoo keeper on July 16 and had been kept in an incubator to develop until it hatched in the early morning hours of Monday, July 29.
The chick will be held in the Veterinary Center Avian Incubation room, which is viewable by the public. Flamingo chicks grow fast, so guests are encouraged to visit sooner rather than later to see the chick ...
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Tuesday, July 23, 2019
The Caribbean Isn't the Only Place Where Flamingos Live
Many think flamingos only appear in bright pink hues and originate in the Caribbean, like the ones living at Nashville Zoo, but there are actually a variety of flamingo species that live around the world.
In South America, three flamingo species — the Andean flamingo, St. James flamingo and Chilean flamingo — are all facing extinction due to habitat loss, climate change and human intrusion.
During a recent trip to Laguna Colorada National Wildlife Sanctuary, Lead Avian Ke...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Nashville Zoo Receives Perfect Score By Charity Navigator
Nashville Zoo is proud to report that we have received a perfect score of 100 by Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest and most utilized evaluator of charities.
As a non-profit, conservation organization, Nashville Zoo is evaluated by a number of outside sources which assist donors in making informed giving decisions. Charity Navigator annually assesses more than 9,000 non-profits using an objective, numbers-based rating system.
No other zoo or aquarium has a 100 percent ranki...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Your Choices Matter: Single-Use Plastic
Plastic is nearly always present in our lives. From candy wrappers to water bottles, there are plastics we use every single day. Unfortunately, many of these products are immediately thrown away, and the waste produced ends up threatening many habitats and the animal and plant species that live in them.
The Plastic Problem
You may not realize this, but every single piece of plastic that has ever been created is still here. Plastic is not biodegradable, so even items we only use for a...
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Zoo Staff Sends Thousands of Puerto Rican Crested Toad Tadpoles for Release
On June 18, Nashville Zoo herpetology team successfully produced thousands of Puerto Rican crested toad tadpoles that were then shipped to Puerto Rico for release. This was the sixth shipment of tadpoles to Puerto Rico. During this time, Zoo staff were able to capture the early stages of development in the eggs for these toads.
Herpetology and veterinary staff started the breeding process by injecting the breeding pair with Amphiplex, an amphibian hormone that stimulates reproduction. Thes...
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Monday, June 3, 2019
Keeper Travels to Africa to Save Sea Turtles
On a tiny beach on the west coast of Bioko, a small island part of Equatorial Guinea, is one of the only places leatherback sea turtles nest and lay their eggs.
Poachers scour this beach to capture and kill the 800-900 pound leatherback turtles to sell their meat back in villages across the island and on the mainland.
Because of the high level of poaching in this area, a team of five including one Nashville Zoo primate keeper, Rachel Schleicher, spent four and a half months from October 201...
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Nashville Zoo Welcomes Two Binturong Kits
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce Lucy, one of our behind-the-scenes Palawan binturongs, gave birth to two kits, one male and one female, late on Monday, May 13.
“The kits are doing fantastic,” said Dr. Heather Robertson, Nashville Zoo Director of Veterinary Services. “However, Lucy was not able to produce milk for her babies, so we will be hand-raising the kits in one of our Veterinary Center Neonatal Care rooms, which includes a public viewing window."
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Recent Clouded Leopard Birth Includes Two Important Males
Nashville Zoo is pleased to announce that River, Nashville Zoo's on-exhibit clouded leopard, gave birth to three cubs, two males and one female, on Monday, April 29 around 10:30 p.m.
“These three cubs are important because they will go on to pair with other clouded leopards and increase this species' captive population," said Dr. Heather Robertson, Nashville Zoo Director of Veterinary Services. “The two males are particularly ...
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