Meet Our Team: Mussel Conservationist Ben Minerich

The Minnesota Zoo is home to nearly 5,000 individual animals that make up over 450 species, many of them threatened and endangered. The Zoo is Read More


Plant for Pollinators: How to be a Backyard Wildlife Hero

As the saying goes, “not all heroes wear capes!” With or without a cape, you can be a hero for local wildlife by taking action Read More


Science in Action: Bison Genetics

Minnesota’s natural landscape looked very different in the not-so-distant past. Much of the state was once covered in expansive, biologically-diverse prairie. Tall grasses rolled in Read More


Field Journal: What’s in Store for Upcoming Season

For the Minnesota Zoo’s Conservation Department, the spring and summer field season is an especially busy time. Due to the seasonal variation in wildlife activity, Read More


Backyard Wildlife Hero – Salt Smart

Minnesota winters can be harsh. From the below zero temperatures and winds that will take your breath away, to the onslaught of sudden blizzard conditions, Read More


Partner Spotlight – The Nature Conservancy

The Minnesota Zoo’s Prairie Butterfly Conservation Initiative has been a pioneer in butterfly conservation for years, creating the world’s first rearing and breeding program for Read More


Science in Action – Wildlife Radio Telemetry

Wildlife conservation has many foundational principals, and science is certainly one of them. Whether it’s working to estimate population sizes of our smallest endangered pollinators Read More


Annual Bison Management Event

Many decades ago, it wouldn’t have been uncommon to be graced with a vista of miles of prairie habitat stretching far into the horizon, with Read More