By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block There’s a golden opportunity to help protect African elephants now that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a new Endangered Species Act rule. If finalized, the new rule would better regulate imports of African elephants and their parts, like hunting trophies, to the U.S. We have long […]
Endangered Crown Lemur Born at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago proudly welcomed a baby crowned lemur on April 15. The sex and measurements of the lemur infant are still to be determined because mother Tucker is keeping her newborn close. “With any birth, our animal care staff carefully monitors the new arrival to ensure they are passing critical milestones,” said […]
How do we know an animal is Endangered?
Over 40,000 animal species are currently threatened with extinction, and it is believed that up to 338 vertebrate species have been lost to extinction in the past 500 years. Photo by Chantelle Melzer In 1964, in order to help guide global conservation action, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) began to compile a […]