$5M gift will bring lions back to New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo
The largest private donation ever made to the Audubon Nature Institute will bring the lion's roar back to the Audubon Zoo.
View ArticleEighth animal dies after jaguar escapes Audubon Zoo habitat
Eight animals have now died after a jaguar escaped from its habitat at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.
View ArticleSharp teeth: Jaguar may have bitten through steel cable
A zoo official in New Orleans says a jaguar that killed nine other animals during a weekend escape is believed to have bitten through a steel-cable barrier that forms the roof of its habitat.
View ArticleIt’s a girl, girl, boy, girl! Baby boom at zoo partnership
About a year after moving into spacious new digs in New Orleans, African animals are doing just what officials from two zoos had hoped when they created the forested paddocks: being fruitful and...
View ArticleAudubon Zoo returns jaguar in strengthened exhibit
The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans is reopening its jaguar exhibit after months of redesign after the big cat escaped last summer and killed nine animals.
View ArticleNew African lion exhibit opens in New Orleans
A new lion exhibit is opening at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.
View ArticleZoo and aquarium in New Orleans weather Hurricane Ida safely
Bob Lessnau, the Audubon Zoo’s curator of animals, rode out Hurricane Ida with 35 staff members at the Uptown New Orleans institution.
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