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Audubon Press Releases

March
13,
2024
| 10:01 AM America/Chicago

Audubon Zoo is officially one of the country’s top 10 Zoos for the eighth straight year. Results have just been announced in the annual USA Today 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards, and Audubon Zoo ranked #7 in voting to select the Best Zoo!

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March
11,
2024
| 13:51 PM America/Chicago

The beautiful park that provides access to the New Orleans riverfront has received a nomination as one of the best riverfront parks in the country. Woldenberg Riverfront Park opened in 1989, and its 14 acres of grass, trees and walkways

March
01,
2024
| 10:05 AM America/Chicago

Spring and summer mean people are spending more time outside and enjoying Louisiana’s waterways and beaches. Audubon Nature Institute wants to remind you to keep an eye out for sea turtles, dolphins, and other marine mammals who may need help.

February
14,
2024
| 10:15 AM America/Chicago

Now that the Mardi Gras parades have ended for the year, Audubon Nature Institute has a way for parade-goers to responsibly recycle all those beads they caught during Carnival season. Mardi Gras bead collection boxes are located at the

February
09,
2024
| 11:15 AM America/Chicago

There’s a brand-new bundle of joy in the penguin colony at Audubon Aquarium. Proud penguin parents Ritz and Saltine have hatched their first chick. The chick is currently in the nest with its parents, they are taking turns tending to the little

New Orleans zoo’s near-threatened maned wolves have 4 pups

03
Mar
2022
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‘Baby boot camp’ exercises critically endangered orangutan

24
Feb
2022
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Best name for cute baby orangutan: Rudy, Roux or Maymuun?opens in new window
The zoo in New Orleans is asking fans of endangered orangutans to help name the baby Sumatran orangutan born on Christmas Eve 2021.
09
Feb
2022
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Baby orangutan being bottle-fed, which intrigues othersopens in new window
The endangered Sumatran orangutan infant at New Orleans’ zoo is being bottle-fed because his mother wasn’t producing enough milk. The still unnamed baby was being tube-fed as well, but the tube was removed Jan. 13, Audubon Zoo spokeswoman Annie Kinler Matherne said Wednesday.
19
Jan
2022
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Endangered orangutan in New Orleans has 1 healthy babyopens in new window
A critically endangered Sumatran orangutan in New Orleans has given birth to a healthy male baby, but his twin brother died in the womb, officials at the Audubon Zoo said Monday.
27
Dec
2021
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