Saving Animals | North Carolina Zoo

Birds on the Edge: Caring for Endangered Birds in the Mariana Islands During Translocation

Imagine trying to get a blood sample from a bird the size of a ping pong ball!

The light brown, oval shaped head of a Virgin Island Boa as it dangles from a tree branch. Part of its neck and a leaf are also visible in this close up view.

Cold-Blooded Conservation: Saving Snakes - One Island at a Time

Snakes are important, even in the islandssssssss

Climate in Crisis: How Polar Bears Helped Me

July 15 is Arctic Sea Ice Day. The Arctic affects us all, and we must protect it

A Chimpanzee sitting and looking contemplative, its gaze focused on something off to the right, above it..

Kevin Langergraber

Kevin Langergraber

At the Front Lines: Removing Snares to Protect Chimpanzees

Today is World Chimpanzee Day. Learn How the North Carolina Zoo is Helping Chimps Around the World.

A Visayan Hornbill perched on a tree branch in a wire fence enclosure. This bird has grey wings, a long, hooked grey beak, and a white head and body with reddish splotches around its legs.

Translating Science into Action: Planning Conservation for West Visayas, Philippines

Saving five important species in the Philippines

A view from the ground, looking up into the tree tops where a rust colored Lemur with a black face and rounded ears sits on a branch, looking down towards the viewer.

On the Frontlines: Protecting Preuss's Red Colobus Monkey in Nigeria

Saving another species of primates that face extinction

A side view of a small, mottled green Carolina gopher frog blending in with a mossy background.

Cold-Blooded Conservation: Amphibian Conservation in the North Carolina Sandhills

Conservation right here in North Carolina, all for the gopher frog

A mother Giraffe with her tan skin and brown spots standing near some trees, stumps and brush. They are standing side by side, staring at the camera.

Seeing Spots in Tanzania: What’s the Point of Spots for Giraffe?

Each giraffe has unique spots, much like a human's unique finger print!

A group of children, most appearing to be Black, are gathered in a grassy area with dense foliage, listening to a person in a military-style uniform who is gesturing and pointing. The children are wearing various colored tops and dresses. The children are students from the UNITE program on a field trip.

A School on the Other Side of the World: Taking Lessons from a Rain Forest to the Savannah

UNITE to save the environment, all over the world!