Other Mid-2025 News Not Mentioned:
On April 3rd, the zoo announced they built 3 artificial streambeds inside the common raccoon exhibit.
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On April 30th, the zoo announced that an African penguin hatched on April 8th, which is on exhibit. It was later named Sparrow.
43K views · 1.7K reactions | Waddle we do with all this cuteness? A tiny, fluffy African penguin chick made its grand debut at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in early April! This little one is growing up big and strong. At just 22 days old, the chick weighs 983 grams! Its care team monitors and weighs it every few days. This little one is an important ambassador for African penguins. In 2024, African penguins were officially uplisted to ‘critically endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with the number of wild breeding pairs falling below 10,000. If current trends continue, these charismatic birds could be extinct in the wild by 2035. Since 2010, CMZoo guests and members have contributed more than $159,675 to Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB saves seabirds) in support of African penguin conservation. In 2020, the Zoo deepened its commitment by joining AZA SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) African Penguin, a collaborative program supported by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Every visit to CMZoo is conservation in action. Guests visiting CMZoo can see African penguins up close, including this new chick, knowing their visit helps support a future for this species in the wild. Keep an eye (and ear) out for the chick in the penguin building in Water's Edge Africa. While it's usually snuggled in the nest, you might see it wriggle out, or hear it peeping. Stay tuned for updates! | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
On June 25th, the zoo announced they sexed (0.1) Isabel's kits as (2.5) and named them Kenai, Theodore, Acadia, Katmai, River, Roosevelt, and Sequoia, respectively.
32K views · 825 reactions | Isabel is a busy mom with a litter of seven baby skunks! Isabel’s kits are full of energy and are learning how to play and navigate in their habitat. Five are female and two are male. The girls are named Acadia, Roosevelt, Katmai, Sequoia and River. The boys are named Kenai and Theodore. Typically, the best time to see them is during our skunk training demonstrations in The Loft, held Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. These skunks will head to other AZA zoos when they’re mature and independent in the coming months. At their new homes, they’ll represent their wild counterparts and help even more people learn to love and appreciate skunks. | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
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On July 17th, the zoo opened a new exhibit for their Cape porcupine/Cape vultures to the public.
1.8K views · 132 reactions | Join our President and CEO, Bob Chastain, as he welcomes African Cape porcupine, Waffles, to her new home. Learn about the features of her updated space, including a cozy new den inside the baobab tree, a heated rock (to use on cooler days) in a newly built termite hill, green shrubs to explore and other enriching additions. This habitat is also home to African Cape vultures, Godric and Hedwig, who also have access to an indoor space in the baobab tree and lots of new perching for them to fly or walk in between. Heads up! We're making tweaks to our new drawbridge. On warm, sunny days, the drawbridge will stay in the 'up' position and guests can feed the giraffe and view Waffles, Godric and Hedwig from the outdoor giraffe feeding area. On cooler days, when the giraffe are inside, the drawbridge is lowered, and guests will be able to visit Waffles, Godric, Hedwig in their new outdoor space and the giraffe in the barn. No matter the weather or drawbridge position, you can always feed giraffe at CMZoo. Sign up to receive all construction-related updates via email at cmzoo.org/bobsblueprints. | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
On June 18th, the zoo announced they bred and released 5,703 Wyoming toad tadpoles into the wild.
26K views · 445 reactions | And just like that, last week’s Wyoming toad eggs have become tiny tadpoles! 5,703 CMZoo-hatched tadpoles were released in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin yesterday. (Yes, we counted them all.) Others will stay at CMZoo to continue developing - later participating in our breeding program and/or being released to the wild as toads. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has supported Wyoming toad conservation since 1992. Since 2008, the Zoo has partnered with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and others to breed, raise and release critically endangered Wyoming toad to their native prairie lakes. Learn more about Wyoming toad conservation here: cmzoo.org/conservation #ICYMI check out the egg video here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1027712562766053 | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
26K views · 445 reactions | And just like that, last week’s Wyoming toad eggs have become tiny tadpoles! 5,703 CMZoo-hatched tadpoles were released in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin yesterday. (Yes, we counted them all.) Others will stay at CMZoo to continue developing - later participating in our breeding program and/or being released to the wild as toads. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has supported Wyoming toad conservation since 1992. Since 2008, the Zoo has partnered with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and others to breed, raise and release critically endangered Wyoming toad to their native prairie lakes. Learn more about Wyoming toad conservation here: cmzoo.org/conservation #ICYMI check out the egg video here: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1027712562766053 | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
On April 3rd, the zoo announced they built 3 artificial streambeds inside the common raccoon exhibit.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
On April 30th, the zoo announced that an African penguin hatched on April 8th, which is on exhibit. It was later named Sparrow.
43K views · 1.7K reactions | Waddle we do with all this cuteness? A tiny, fluffy African penguin chick made its grand debut at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in early April! This little one is growing up big and strong. At just 22 days old, the chick weighs 983 grams! Its care team monitors and weighs it every few days. This little one is an important ambassador for African penguins. In 2024, African penguins were officially uplisted to ‘critically endangered’ on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with the number of wild breeding pairs falling below 10,000. If current trends continue, these charismatic birds could be extinct in the wild by 2035. Since 2010, CMZoo guests and members have contributed more than $159,675 to Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB saves seabirds) in support of African penguin conservation. In 2020, the Zoo deepened its commitment by joining AZA SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) African Penguin, a collaborative program supported by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Every visit to CMZoo is conservation in action. Guests visiting CMZoo can see African penguins up close, including this new chick, knowing their visit helps support a future for this species in the wild. Keep an eye (and ear) out for the chick in the penguin building in Water's Edge Africa. While it's usually snuggled in the nest, you might see it wriggle out, or hear it peeping. Stay tuned for updates! | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
"Newsletter: The Waterhole | May 2025""On June 25th, the zoo announced they sexed (0.1) Isabel's kits as (2.5) and named them Kenai, Theodore, Acadia, Katmai, River, Roosevelt, and Sequoia, respectively.
32K views · 825 reactions | Isabel is a busy mom with a litter of seven baby skunks! Isabel’s kits are full of energy and are learning how to play and navigate in their habitat. Five are female and two are male. The girls are named Acadia, Roosevelt, Katmai, Sequoia and River. The boys are named Kenai and Theodore. Typically, the best time to see them is during our skunk training demonstrations in The Loft, held Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. These skunks will head to other AZA zoos when they’re mature and independent in the coming months. At their new homes, they’ll represent their wild counterparts and help even more people learn to love and appreciate skunks. | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
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On July 17th, the zoo opened a new exhibit for their Cape porcupine/Cape vultures to the public.
1.8K views · 132 reactions | Join our President and CEO, Bob Chastain, as he welcomes African Cape porcupine, Waffles, to her new home. Learn about the features of her updated space, including a cozy new den inside the baobab tree, a heated rock (to use on cooler days) in a newly built termite hill, green shrubs to explore and other enriching additions. This habitat is also home to African Cape vultures, Godric and Hedwig, who also have access to an indoor space in the baobab tree and lots of new perching for them to fly or walk in between. Heads up! We're making tweaks to our new drawbridge. On warm, sunny days, the drawbridge will stay in the 'up' position and guests can feed the giraffe and view Waffles, Godric and Hedwig from the outdoor giraffe feeding area. On cooler days, when the giraffe are inside, the drawbridge is lowered, and guests will be able to visit Waffles, Godric, Hedwig in their new outdoor space and the giraffe in the barn. No matter the weather or drawbridge position, you can always feed giraffe at CMZoo. Sign up to receive all construction-related updates via email at cmzoo.org/bobsblueprints. | Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
