Month: February 2018
Omaha Zoo

Zoo Looks to Earn Omaha-Metro Title of "World's Most Biodiverse City"

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is looking for businesses and organizations to participate in the 2018 City Nature Challenge, April 27-30. The Omaha-Metropolitan area will compete against more than 60 cities across the globe for the… Source link

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Zoo Hosts 14th Annual Regional Science Olympiad

More than 500 sixth to 12th grade students representing about 45 schools and teams in the Midwest will compete in the 14th annual Regional Science Olympiad on Saturday, February 24 from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and… Source link

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Zoo Academy Students Host "Recycle Your Future" Event

Help Zoo Academy students “Recycle Your Future” by bringing in plastic recyclables to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium this Saturday. Items will be made into a mountain of recyclables during a Recycle Your Future, Zoo Academy… Source link

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Rare Australian Lizard Now Calls Desert Dome Home

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is now the third Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) accredited institution to have a perentie, varanus giganteus, the largest monitor or goanna lizard native to Australia. Ngintaka, pronounced… Source link

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Olmec Statue from Sister City Installed at Omaha's Zoo and Aquarium

“The King,”a replica of Olmec Colossal Head No. 1,from Omaha’s sister city Xalapa, Mexico will be installed in the Lied Jungle at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium on Thursday, Feb.22 at 11 a.m.Media escorts will be… Source link

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Zoo Hosts Job Fair

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium looks to fill 200 part-time Guest Services positions at a job fair on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 1-5 p.m. The job fair will be on Zoo grounds in the Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium Conference Center. … Source link

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Zoo Staff Assists with Nebraska Bighorn Sheep Monitoring

Over the weekend, four members of Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s Animal Health team assisted the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to conduct health assessments on 51 bighorn sheep in western Nebraska. The efforts aim to track… Source link

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Featured Picks of the Week

Lancers take top spot in USHL with Win over Des Moines

OMAHA TOPS DES MOINES, 4-1 Ralston, NE – It was game three of the weekend for the Lancers as they welcomed the Des Moines Buccaneers to Ralston Arena on Sunday. The Lancers and Bucs have played five-time prior to Sunday nights game. Omaha has won four out of the five previous. Vinnie Purpura was called on to

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Movie Reviews

Fifty Shades Freed Review

review for a Fifty Shades film may be the most useless thing ever created, even more so than those for the most recent highly-marketed, big-budget adventure. Not just because – three films in with franchise finale Fifty Shades Freed – the battle lines of those who are going to see these films and those who aren’t have been set;

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