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Get Your IRL Animal Cuteness Fix at the Oregon Zoo

During summer, the Oregon Zoo feels more like a concert venue. That’s because from June to September, the animals aren’t always the star attractions when the zoo also plays host to big-name artists almost every week.

Man Found Dead at the Oregon Zoo Was Reported Missing After Attending a George Clinton Concert There With His Family

The man who was found dead at the Oregon Zoo on Monday was reported missing there two days earlier after attending a concert with his family.

Missing Man Found Dead in the Under-Construction Rhino Habitat at the Oregon Zoo

A man was found dead at a new rhino habitat at the Oregon Zoo just before 10 am this morning.

Pregnant Asian Elephant at Oregon Zoo May Have Tuberculosis

The Oregon Zoo announced today that Chendra, a 26-year-old Asian elephant, is six-months pregnant and may have tuberculosis.

Animal Right Activists Are Planning to Protest an Indigo Girls Concert at the Oregon Zoo Saturday Night

Care2, Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants (FOZE) and Portland Animal Save claim the zoo’s annual summer concert series—held in an amphitheater near the elephant enclosure—is damaging to the elephants, who have highly sensitive hearing. The groups also oppose the zoo’s elephant breeding program and alleged general mistreatment of the animals.

Portland Now Has a Trail Blazers Rental Bicycle and a Second Dunking Otter

Juno can hoop.

Metro President Says Portland Leaders Won’t Restore the Zoo Train Route to Rose Garden

As Portland leaders consider the landscape of transportation for the decades ahead, one thing that won’t be getting the city’s attention is restoration of Zoo train.

Inmates at Oregon’s Women’s Prison Help Return Rare and Endangered Butterfly Species to Wild

Inmates at Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional facility released nearly 750 endangered butterflies into the wild this week, for the second time ever in Oregon.

The Oregon Zoo Plans to Release a Record Number of Endangered Butterflies Into the Wild This Month

The 5,398 larvae, according to a release from the zoo Friday, were recently roused from winter dormancy and are now “very hungry caterpillars.”

A Mysterious Aardvark Death Is Just One of a Number of New Questions About Management at the Oregon Zoo

The issues at the Oregon Zoo raise questions about the zoo’s management.

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