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March 23, 2012
Missouri Reintroduces Endangered Burying Beetle, the Most Metal Insect of All
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
He Has His Father's Ears
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
March of the Penguins
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Saint Louis Zoo plan to reintroduce the Burying Beetle to the Wah'kon-Tah Prairie in the near future, reestablishing the insect as a vital part of Missouri's ecosystem for the first time since the 1970s. Obviously, beetles aren't as glamorous a creature ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Hellspawn Arrive at Saint Louis Zoo
Some call them snot otters, others old lasagna sides, grampus and devil dogs, but we prefer the colloquial term hellbender. If you're going to name a salamander, you might as well make it sound way more badass than it is. Hellbenders live in Missouri's rivers. Or, rather, they used to live in Misso ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Area Wolves Seek Transportation for the Holidays
This holiday season while families gather and write down their Christmas lists, Rachel Broom, director of development at the Endangered Wolf Center (6750, Tyson Valley Rd, Eureka) will continue her search for transportation for the 42 wolves, wild dogs, and foxes that call the center home. Located ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
An Unscary Good Time
This holiday season while families gather and write down their Christmas lists, Rachel Broom, director of development at the Endangered Wolf Center (6750, Tyson Valley Rd, Eureka) will continue her search for transportation for the 42 wolves, wild dogs, and foxes that call the center home. Located ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Wine and Alcohol On-the-Go: How to Avoid Spending a Fortune on Booze This Summer
Image viaGut Check recommends actually drinking the Pocket Shots on a hot summer's day.It's unfortunate that Missouri summers are notoriously hot and humid, especially when there are so many concerts, sporting events and other outdoor activities to partake in. It's even more unfortunate that ... More >>
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July 5, 2011
Baby Elephant at the Zoo Finally Gets a Name: Kenzi
Katie Pilgram, St. Louis ZooShe has a name! It's Kenzi.The internet has spoken! She shall be known as Kenzi.As we reported last month, the St. Louis Zoo was seeking public input on a name for their new baby elephant. The Asian elephant calf was born June 27th to Rani and Raja, and weighed in at 2 ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Awwwh! Saint Louis Zoo Elephant Gives Birth to Baby
Katie Pilgram - St. Louis ZooThe newest addition to the Saint Louis Zoo arrived around 1:15 p.m. Friday when Asian elephant, Rani, gave birth to to the calf pictured above. It's the second baby for the 15-year-old Rani, who birthed her daughter Jade in 2007. "Mother and baby are bonding very well ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
Unexpected Monkey Business Leads to New Zoo Arrival
Ethan Riepl, St. Louis ZooBaby MosiThere's a new face at the St. Louis Zoo, and it's adorable. And pink, for now.A baby colobus monkey, born May 20th, is on view at the primate house starting today. The little fella, named Mosi, will eventually lose his white fuzz and pink face in favor of the di ... More >>
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February 3, 2011
The Birds & The Bees & The Wild Asses
Ethan Riepl, St. Louis ZooBaby MosiThere's a new face at the St. Louis Zoo, and it's adorable. And pink, for now.A baby colobus monkey, born May 20th, is on view at the primate house starting today. The little fella, named Mosi, will eventually lose his white fuzz and pink face in favor of the di ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
St. Louis' Own Groundhog "Pippi" Sleeps Through Groundhog Day
Image viaNo groundhog falsely predicted Snowmageddon...are they more reliable than STL meteorologists?An early spring it shall be, according to Punxatawney Phil and many other national groundhogs who failed to see their shadows. What about St. Louis' own four-legged predictor? Sadly, our very own ... More >>
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December 17, 2010
Baby 'Roo At The Zoo Looks At You
Your Friday dose of excessive cuteness is brought to you today by Nokopo, an absurdly adorable joey (that's a baby kangaroo to you and me) at the St. Louis Zoo. Nokopo is a six-month-old Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species native to mountainous rainforests in Papua New Guinea.Like all 'r ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Active Waiting
Your Friday dose of excessive cuteness is brought to you today by Nokopo, an absurdly adorable joey (that's a baby kangaroo to you and me) at the St. Louis Zoo. Nokopo is a six-month-old Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species native to mountainous rainforests in Papua New Guinea.Like all 'r ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Untamed Evenings
Your Friday dose of excessive cuteness is brought to you today by Nokopo, an absurdly adorable joey (that's a baby kangaroo to you and me) at the St. Louis Zoo. Nokopo is a six-month-old Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species native to mountainous rainforests in Papua New Guinea.Like all 'r ... More >>
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November 11, 2010
A Beastly Party
Your Friday dose of excessive cuteness is brought to you today by Nokopo, an absurdly adorable joey (that's a baby kangaroo to you and me) at the St. Louis Zoo. Nokopo is a six-month-old Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, an endangered species native to mountainous rainforests in Papua New Guinea.Like all 'r ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
[VIDEO] Teens Go Ape Over Gorilla Attack at St. Louis Zoo
A group of teenagers got a King-Kong-sized thrill recently at the Saint Louis Zoo. "OMG! They're mad at each other!...I hope they fight!" P.S. Check out the 1:25 mark of the video as a silverback looks to be blowing kisses at the teens before throwing a sucker punch.
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July 9, 2010
St. Louis Zoo Elephant Miscarries, Fuels Criticism of Pachyderm Exhibit
One might say the same about the zoo's track record with elephants.The St. Louis Zoo yesterday announced that one of its Asian elephants, Ellie, miscarried her 9-month-old fetus this week. Elephant pregnancies generally last 22 months. Zoo officials said they were not all that surprised by the mi ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Animal Rights Group Condemns Saint Louis Zoo for Elephant Pregnancies
Group says no elephant sex is safe at Saint Louis Zoo.California-based In Defense of Animals made a formal complaint today to the U.S. Department of Agriculture over two recent elephant pregnancies at the Saint Louis Zoo. The zoo announced this week that Asian elephants Ellie and her daughter, Ra ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Oh, No He Didn't! Saint Louis Zoo Elephant Knocks Up Mother and Daughter!
Hey, Jerry Springer. We have your next guests, though you're gonna need a shovel when they come on stage. 'Cause let me tell ya, there some dirty shit going with this pachyderm threesome. If you haven't heard yet, young Asian elephant playa Raja has impregnated his 38-year-old pen mate, Ell ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Hoosier Watching Could Get a Lot Less Interesting at Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo patron or wild animal?The next endangered species at the Saint Louis Zoo could be the notorious redneck known as the "zoosier" (zoo hoosier). Why's that? 'Cause the zoo and the city's other free tourist attractions -- the Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri History Museum and St. Lou ... More >>
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January 22, 2010
This Week In St. Louis Elephant-Related News
Contributed by Kim BarksThis poor Elephant doesn't have a name, but anybody can suggest one for a $7.00 donation going to BackStoppers. What do an auto body shop, the St. Louis Zoo, an animal rights group, Mardi Gras and the Caribbean have in common?They're all part of this week's Elephant relate ... More >>
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December 18, 2009
Local Fifth Grader Publishes Book About Elephant's Triumphant "Escape" to Saint Louis Zoo
For elephants, one would think the Saint Louis Zoo would be a place to escape from, not to. Earlier this year, In Defense of Animals, an animal rights organization, named the zoo to its "Hall of Shame" on its Top Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list. A month later, one of the elephants, Jade, contracte ... More >>
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May 13, 2009
Get Out of the Gutter
For elephants, one would think the Saint Louis Zoo would be a place to escape from, not to. Earlier this year, In Defense of Animals, an animal rights organization, named the zoo to its "Hall of Shame" on its Top Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list. A month later, one of the elephants, Jade, contracte ... More >>
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April 6, 2009
Meanwhile, in Kansas City
photo by Keegan Hamilton While the Saint Louis Zoo just lost its only polar bear last week and may not be able to get a replacement bear for several years, the Kansas City Zoo is about to spend $11 million on a polar bear exhibit that's set to open next year.Via the KC Star: The climate-control ... More >>
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April 2, 2009
No One Saw This Coming: PETA Urges Zoo to Close Polar Bear Exhibit
flickr.com/photos/79947165@N00The zoo's polar bear confines.The other day we noted how the Saint Louis Zoo's last polar bear, Hope, died this week from cancer at the age of 23. Now today...wait for it...that's it...just a second...more...okay, here it comes...PETA announced that it is urging the zoo ... More >>
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February 19, 2009
Isn't It Time the Saint Louis Zoo Rethinks Its Position on Elephants?
www.helpelephants.comThis morning's Post-Dispatch has a rather alarming story buried back on page D3. Another of the Saint Louis Zoo's elephants has been diagnosed with a potentially deadly strain of herpes. According to the daily, the two-year-old Asian elephant Maliha is currently showing no sympt ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
R.I.P. Cinder: Saint Louis Zoo Chimp Dies at Fourteen
Cinder, the chimp at the Saint Louis Zoo whose most distinguishing feature for visitors was her alopecia, is dead at fourteen. She was known as the "Hairless Chimp."The naked ape. What does that mean?Carol A. Weerts, www.stlzoo.org Some, certainly, laugh. I think of my father (click the link and scr ... More >>
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February 11, 2009
Fancy Birds
Long walk
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January 21, 2009
Dumb and Dumbo: Readers spout off about watered-down curriculum and the plight of the pachyderm
Long walk
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January 7, 2009
CSI: Zoo
While you sleep, they work
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November 16, 2007
Go! 11/16-11/18
While you sleep, they work
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August 22, 2007
What Wine Goes with Zoo?
While you sleep, they work
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May 23, 2007
See Cheetahs, Sea Lions, Hear Concert
While you sleep, they work
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February 14, 2007
Mardi Gras Guide 2007
Week of February 15, 2007
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February 7, 2007
Mardi Gras Guide 2007
Week of February 8, 2007
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December 13, 2006
Zoo™ Suit
The Saint Louis Zoo's new baby cheetahs are cute; its lawsuits are not. Plus: Jerry Lewis Bey writes his memoir from prison, a single girl sounds off, and a local blogger finds herself in deep doo-doo.
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November 15, 2006
Tropicalia Bacchanalia
The Saint Louis Zoo's new baby cheetahs are cute; its lawsuits are not. Plus: Jerry Lewis Bey writes his memoir from prison, a single girl sounds off, and a local blogger finds herself in deep doo-doo.
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May 25, 2005
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May 11, 2005
Masterpiece
The last Temptations of art
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September 29, 2004
Best Dirty Movie
Raja's birth video
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July 21, 2004
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Week of July 21, 2004
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March 24, 2004
It's Rabbit Season
And life is sweet
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December 24, 2003
Hockey 101
Low-price ice time
Best of St. Louis
September 24, 2003
Best Kids' Thrill
The Zooline Railroad
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May 21, 2003
The Big Chill
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April 23, 2003
Go With Gaia
Silly parent, Earth Day is for kids
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April 10, 2002
I Know Why the Caged Bird Swears
Patricia Corrigan spills the secrets of the St. Louis Zoo in a new book
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April 4, 2001
Eagle Eye
Peripatetic nature photographer Art Wolfe sets his gear down for a lecture at the St. Louis Zoo
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September 27, 2000
Best Place to Take Out-of-Town Visitors to Gross Them Out
St. Louis Zoo Insectarium
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