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Audubon Press Releases

March
27,
2024
| 15:58 PM America/Chicago

Spending the day outside with friends and family is an Easter tradition for many in New Orleans and Audubon Nature Institute is asking people to plan ahead if their holiday plans include large gatherings in Audubon Park and Riverview

March
26,
2024
| 11:32 AM America/Chicago

Audubon Nature Institute is hosting a Party for the Planet presented by Entergy this spring and it is all about celebrating nature and connecting people with ways they can make positive

March
19,
2024
| 15:05 PM America/Chicago

Audubon Zoo has been awarded a Certificate of Accreditation from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA), the highest distinction a Zoo can achieve. Dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of

March
18,
2024
| 13:13 PM America/Chicago

Two very active bobcat kittens have moved into their new home in the Louisiana Swamp exhibit at Audubon Zoo. The youngsters came to Audubon earlier this month after they were found as orphans. 

The kittens are nearly a year old and

March
14,
2024
| 14:20 PM America/Chicago

Part of Audubon Zoo’s history and the future of one of Louisiana’s native animals are the focus of this year’s Zoo-to-Do fundraising events at Audubon Zoo. This year marks the 46th annual Hancock Whitney Zoo-to-Do and the

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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