Young polar bear will be out this week, but viewing opportunities will be up to her PORTLAND, Ore. — She made a big splash when she arrived here in 2016, and we missed her big-time when she went away. Now, as the Oregon Zoo puts the finishing touches on its new Polar Passage habitat, Nora the […]
Musicians step up to help as zoos feel the continued impacts of COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the Oregon Zoo and other zoos across the country. To help, some of the world’s top country music artists have teamed up with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to present “All […]
Fans of the playful polar bear can expect to see her at Polar Passage in April PORTLAND, Ore. — Nora is back! After spending the past few years at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, the 5-year-old polar bear returned to the Oregon Zoo late yesterday and is settling in behind the scenes as the zoo puts the […]
While fans eagerly await the return of Nora, another bear has quietly taken up residence at the Oregon Zoo’s expansive new Polar Passage habitat. “Melting Ice Bear,” a 9-foot-tall cast aluminum sculpture by Veronica and Edwin Dam de Nogales, was lifted into place outside the habitat’s Arctic Science Center in late February and has been […]
Fans of Mei Mei and her ‘Prince of Pounce’ can see them in Portland through March 9 They grow up so fast…. Last June, in a year when smiles were in big demand, Mei Mei the red panda surprised Oregon Zoo fans by giving birth to a tiny cub. Red panda cubs are born blind, […]
Oregon Zoo returns to seven-days-a-week schedule with hours 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Snow and ice shuttered the Oregon Zoo over the long Presidents Day weekend, but the popular destination is set to reopen this week, with a return to regular operating hours. Beginning Friday, Feb. 19, the zoo will be open seven days a week, with […]
Zoo closes to guests, but red pandas, beavers and other animals have fun in the snow It was a winter wonderland at the Oregon Zoo today, as animals romped around in the season’s first major snowfall. Unsafe roads and walkways caused the zoo to close to guests, but keepers say the red pandas, river otters […]
Filbert the beaver has made his forecast; Northwest hunkers down for six more weeks Sure, Punxsutawney Phil may be calling for six more weeks of winter, but more importantly for local residents, so is Stumptown Fil — aka Oregon Zoo resident Filbert the beaver. “Groundhogs like Punxsutawney Phil are fine for their part of the […]
Fans of the playful polar bear can see her at the Oregon Zoo this spring She made a big splash when she arrived here in 2016, and left a big bear-shaped hole in our hearts when she went away the following year. Now, as the Oregon Zoo puts the finishing touches on its new Polar […]
New Rodrigues fruit bats represent ‘one of the most inspiring conservation stories’ Three Rodrigues flying foxes are being raised at the Oregon Zoo this month, adding to the growing population of a bat species once considered the most imperiled on the planet. Closer in size to a flying prairie dog — and in appearance to […]