Hop up to the Zoo for an “Easter Egg Extravaganza”

After all the hidden eggs have been found this Easter Sunday, bring the extras to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for an "Easter Egg Extravaganza"! Weather permitting, keepers will be collecting old fashioned hard-boiled and dyed Easter eggs at a variety of locations and times throughout the Zoo, then feeding them to the animals.

Keepers ask that only dyed hard-boiled eggs be donated for this event please. Animals cannot eat eggs embellished with paint or markers, stickers, glitter or any other alterations. One egg per child per area will be collected for distribution.

Visit our website for an Easter egg feeding schedule. Thank you for being a part of this special and enriching day for our animals!

Grizzly Play

While many of us were digging out from the late March blizzard, Grizzlies Emmett and Digger made the most of the Rocky Mountain Wild weather:



See more of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's videos on our YouTube Channel!

Frogs: The Thin Green Line

Boreal Toad – Photo Credit: Joel Sartore

Frogs have been living on this planet for more than 360 million years, and over the centuries, evolved into some of the most wondrous and diverse creatures on earth.

Recent discoveries are startling: more than a third of all amphibians – most of which are frogs and toads – have already been lost, and more are disappearing every day.

A fungus called chytrid has been identified as the major culprit, and so far the spread of the fungus can’t be stopped. Filmmaker Allison Argo discusses these challenges in her film Frogs: The Thin Green Line.

Check your local PBS station for listings. Colorado viewers can see the film on Rocky Mountain PBS/KTSC at 7:00 pm, Sunday April 5.

"Mad about Marmosets" Update

The "Mad about Marmosets" event previously scheduled for Saturday, April 4 from 10am - 2 pm in front of Monkey Pavilion has been postponed.

The new date and time will be posted as soon as it is available.

Tumani's Troops Update

Thank you to our fabulous group of Tumani’s Troops volunteers!

Last week, the Troops congregated in Primate World where they made enrichment items for the gorillas.

Animal enrichment is the process of providing stimulating environments for Zoo animals in order for them to demonstrate their species-typical behavior, to allow them to exercise choice over their environment and enhance their well-being.

Enrichment includes the design of stimulating and naturalistic enclosures, the introduction of objects, sounds, smells and other stimuli to the animal’s environment.

Hiding ½ teaspoon of peanut butter inside a recycled cardboard toilet paper tube, along with a piece of dried fruit and some popcorn, makes a special treat for the primates. Zoo staff fondly refers to these special treats as “canollies”. It’s one of our animals’ favorite forms of enrichment!

For more on how you too can become part of Tumani’s Troops, a special group dedicated to gorilla conservation, visit our website.