Tumbleweed Festival returns for its 32nd year
BY MEGHAN FLYNN Garden City Telegram The Tumbleweed Festival has rolled back around. The annual music festival is set to return to Garden City on… Login to continue reading Login…
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Zoo programs changing with the seasons
With school back in session, schedules and daily routines are changing throughout the community, including those at the Lee Richardson Zoo. Weekend Animal Encounters, which… Login to continue reading Login…
FROM ZOO TO YOU: What can the zoo do for you?
BY ALICE NELSON Now that school has begun again, many people think that the time to visit the zoo is over. This is simply not… Login to continue reading Login…
FROM ZOO TO YOU: Animals adapting to survive the climate
BY EMILY SEXSON August is hot. Too hot most days for my liking. Every single day I am thankful for the invention of central air… Login to continue reading Login…
FROM ZOO TO YOU: Celebrating Razi and other lions in the world
BY ALYSSA MECHLER Lions are one of Africa’s largest predators. Females weigh around 250 pounds, and males weigh about 550 pounds. These muscular creatures are… Login to continue reading Login…
Female elk dies at zoo
The Lee Richardson Zoo staff has announced that Navajo, a female North American elk, passed away Friday, July 28. Results from the necropsy performed later… Login to continue reading Login…
FROM ZOO TO YOU: Making gardens more beneficial to the ecosystem
BY ANDREA FLORES This summer we have had a wide variety of weather, from severely hot days to more rain than we know what to… Login to continue reading Login…
Zoo’s animal family grows with July births
Lee Richardson Zoo has expanded its animal family in July with the birth of an addax calf on July 20 and a red panda cub… Login to continue reading Login…
FROM ZOO TO YOU: Rheas – The modern-day struthiomimus
BY HOUSTON GLOVER Imagine yourself in the late Cretaceous period, 66 to 100 million years ago. Western Kansas was at the bottom of a shallow… Login to continue reading Login…
LRZ African lion heading to San Francisco
Lulu, an eight-year-old female African lion, born at the Lee Richardson Zoo, will soon be headed for San Francisco as part of the Association of… Login to continue reading Login…