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Local Eaglet Rescued and Rehabbed is Now at the Zoo 10/21/22
Fewer Than 3,000 Zebras Left 1/26/22
How to Plant a Tree in Florida 1/11/22
Protecting Jags in South America with the Help of Locals 11/24/21
Are Jaguars the Strongest Animal? 10/25/21

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Learn more about the Zoo, Gardens, and our Conservation Programs in our blog. We’ll be sharing some of the incredible work our staff and partners are doing to save animals and plants in the wild. Whether it’s removing snares from the rainforests of Indonesia, reducing conflict between elephants and local farmers in Africa or saving North America’s most endangered conifer, there are always interesting stories from the wild for us to share with you.

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4/21/20

#TrixieAdventures

Everyone, meet Trixie. 👋 Trixie is a triceratops. She's from the Late Cretaceous period and lived 65 million years ago! That's 65,000,000 years ago!! But guess what!? Right now, she's here at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Trixie loved making all kinds of friends at the Dinosauria Ranger Station. Kids would stop to say hello before they travelled back in time to become Junior Paleontologists! ... Read More

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4/3/20

Zoo Celebrates Bittersweet Vulture Hatching as Wild Population Suffers

For the first time in our history, the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has welcomed a Lappet-faced vulture chick into the world! The female chick hatched to parents Kruger and Hathor, on February 12, 2020. They have been doting, loving parents to their new bundle of joy. Although the chick is still being brooded, at times the chick can be seen on exhibit when the parents are feeding it or changing brooding duties. Vulture chick on exhibit... Read More

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