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Zoo Members "Zoo More Good"

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium’s annual Membership Drive is underway, and this year the Zoo is highlighting how you can “Zoo More Good.”  Nearly 800 volunteers assist the Zoo in selling memberships throughout… Source link

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Zoo Continues Focus on Guest Experience

Continuing its focus on enhancing the guest experience, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has a proposed project for additional concessions, new restrooms, an open-air market, children’s play area and public plaza near Sue’s… Source link

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Zoo Hosts 36th Annual Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair

Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium will host 300 of science and engineering’s best and brightest 6 – 12th graders at the 36th annual Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) on Saturday, March 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m…. Source link

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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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