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Chimps Should Be Chimps, a free iPad book created by Lincoln Park Zoo's Project ChimpCARE, is designed for early readers aged 3 – 8 years. It offers an interactive and engaging story that aims to educate and inform kids – and their parents - about chimpanzees. The story is highlighted with bright, colorful and playful illustrations which seem to come to life with the stroke of a finger on the iPad screen. This multisensory book includes the sounds of waterfalls, music and...
How influential are mass media portrayals of chimpanzees in television, movies, advertisements and greeting cards on public perceptions of this endangered species? That is what researchers based at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo sought to uncover in a new nationwide study published in PLoS ONE, an open-access scientific journal. Their findings reveal the potential role that media plays in creating widespread misunderstandings about the conservation status and nature of this great ape.Study...
CHICAGO, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- This Saturday marks the 24th annual Spooky Zoo Spectacular at the Lincoln Park Zoo and Tetra Pak, a global leader in sustainable food and beverage packaging with U.S. headquarters in Vernon Hills, is joining in the festive fun with product giveaways, tips for a green Halloween, kid-friendly games and prizes. The Spooky Zoo Spectacular, hosted by the Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board, is an opportunity for children and families to celebrate Halloween in a...
CHICAGO, July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when saving energy and money is of the utmost importance, many people unknowingly waste power from plugged-in electronic devices that still consume power even when turned off. With a bit of clever creative messaging, courtesy of agency partner Leo Burnett, ComEd is hoping to educate its customers about the "phantom load" adding to their electricity bills and weighing down their wallets. (Photo:...
It appears that an AIDS-like disease that was considered to be harmless to chimpanzees can infect the apes and kill them as well, researchers reported on Wednesday.The simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is considered to be a precursor virus to the AIDS virus, HIV-1. SIV comes in various forms, most of which are capable of infecting a variety of monkey species in Africa.Scientists had previously considered SIV was unable to infect and kill apes in similar fashion to HIV in humans.However, new...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Now, children in the Chicago area have a hands-on opportunity to learn more about soybeans in a new exhibit at the Farm-in-the-Zoo Presented by John Deere. Entitled "Soybeans: Growing Food, Growing World," the 15-foot exhibit was unveiled to key officials during a ribbon cutting at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago today. As part of the festivities, Colleen Callahan, an award-winning broadcast journalist who specializes in Agriculture, served as emcee and...
A male polar bear has been brought from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago to mate with two females at the Detroit Zoo. The matchmaking was done by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, WDIV-TV, Detroit, reported. The program tries to maximize the genetic diversity of polar bears and other threatened and endangered species. Lee, the 9-year-old 900-pound male from Chicago, joins Barle, 24, Talini, 4, and and three males, twins Neil and Buzz, both 12, and Norton, 21, in...
CHICAGO _ Like the great elder statesman that he is, one of the two oldest male zoo chimpanzees in North America spent time affably greeting old friends and other visitors during a rare public appearance last week at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. The chimp, named Keo, usually lives behind-the-scenes in a non-public area of the Regenstein Center for African Apes, ceding the spotlight to the zoo's second, younger chimp troop. But in honor of his 50th birthday on June 26, the zoo this week put...
Keo, a charismatic chimpanzee popular with visitors in Lincoln Park Zoo, is back on public display for the next three weeks in the zoo's Regenstein Center for African Apes. The occasion is Keo's 50th birthday, which will make him one of the two oldest male zoo chimps in North America. Keo shares that distinction with a 50-year-old at a zoo in San Francisco . The zoo plans to mark Keo's birthday with a 600-pound ice cake June 26. Born wild, Keo came to Lincoln Park in 1959 as a year-old infant...
CHICAGO -- Jenny, Shamba, Timbo, Beta and Elaine are zoo gorillas, but they have something in common with millions of women: They have undergone menopause. A study of gorillas at 17 North American zoos, led by Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, is the first to document gorilla menopause, according to researchers who were not involved in the study. The findings may help zoos improve how they care for aging female gorillas and change the way evolutionary biologists think about menopause in humans. The...
