Sustainability is All in a Day’s Work
We all want that work/life balance, but when it comes to being green, let’s let the scale fall to the wayside. Incorporating sustainable practices into your daily life doesn’t just have to be at home –...
View ArticleFundraising Gala Highlights New Habitats that Promote Great Animal Welfare
Whenever we design and construct a new animal habitat, our focus is on ensuring it is expansive, naturalistic and meets the animals’ specific needs. These spaces should provide the animals with...
View ArticleThe Heat is On
Summer is in full swing, and with it comes higher temperatures. Detroit Zoological Society staff ensure the animals who live at the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center are comfortable, regardless...
View ArticleMarch of the Penguins: A Tough Egg to Crack
This month, the Detroit Zoological Society is bringing you not one, but three blog posts centered around our favorite flippered friends — the penguins who live at the Polk Penguin Conservation Center....
View ArticleMarch of the Penguins: Polar Plunging Into Penguin Welfare
This month, the Detroit Zoological Society is bringing you not one, but three blog posts centered around our favorite flippered friends — the penguins who live at the Polk Penguin Conservation Center...
View ArticleFlying High: Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas — bird migration season! It’s the time of year when birds who left Michigan during the winter months to find refuge in warmer states make...
View ArticleA Song in the Darkness: Audio Loggers and Panama’s Imperiled Amphibians
Authored by Mark Vassallo, Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) Amphibian Department Supervisor. The cloud forest of central Panama is a unique and mysterious place, full of rare creatures and plants that...
View ArticleTake Your Birding to the Next Level with eBird!
Many golden-crowned kinglets use Zoo grounds during migration from the end of March just into May and from the end of September into the beginning of November. Authored by Matthew Porter, bird care...
View ArticleCelebrate World Migratory Bird Day!
This week, hundreds of millions of birds will leave their winter habitats from as far away as the Amazon rainforest and Andes mountain range on their annual journey to reach their summer breeding...
View ArticleCelebrating National Zoo Keeper Week 2023!
By Mary Humbyrd, coordinator of behavioral husbandry for the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) National Zoo Keeper Week starts annually on the third Sunday of July. Representative Susan A. Davis...
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