Conservation

People in urban areas may not think about the importance of prairies. But beyond the asphalt, concrete and glass of the city, is a country rich in prairie…

The St. Louis Zoo is spotlighting its efforts to save threatened wildlife Saturday with educational activities and a children's scavenger hunt during its…

The fungal disease white-nose syndrome and other threats to bat survival will be at the top of the agenda of an international meeting being held this week…

The City of St. Louis and several partners are launching a project to help monarch butterflies.It involves encouraging area residents to plant milkweeds…

Every year, monarch butterflies undertake what seems like an impossible journey.By the millions, they leave their summer breeding grounds in the United…

The Saint Louis Zoo is forging ahead with building a new, state-of-the-art polar bear exhibit.The 40,000-square-foot McDonnell Polar Bear Point will more…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 23, 2013 - If you don't know Thomas Lovejoy's name directly, chances are you've come across…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 6, 2013: Flat-headed, wriggly, covered in slime and looking like a cross between a lizard, a…

Updated 5:52 p.m.Carol Perkins, a conservationist and humanitarian and the widow of famed zoologist Marlin Perkins, has died.The Saint Louis Zoo says…

For more than a decade, Washington University anthropologist Crickette Sanz and Lincoln Park Zoo research conservationist David Morgan have lived and…