Female Okapi Now Calls Denver Zoo Home
A female okapi is now calling the Denver Zoo home after moving from the Dallas Zoo.
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A female okapi is now calling the Denver Zoo home after moving from the Dallas Zoo.
The Denver Zoo has welcomed three Asian small-clawed otter pups after they were born on May 29.
Ten Denver Zoo animals received a blessing at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church on Sunday.
The Denver Zoo is highlighting the 10th anniversary of Endangered Species Day with a disappearing act by their penguins.
The staff at the Denver Zoo euthanized "Bertie," a 58-year-old hippopotamus Monday morning.
A new red panda is calling Denver Zoo home after relocating from Garden City, Kan. and is ready to greet visitors.
The Denver City Council heard from the public about changes to the Denver Zoo at its Monday night meeting. The council approved the expansion with only one vote against the proposal.
The Denver City Council will hear from the public about changes to the Denver Zoo Monday evening.
The zoo says it is need of many major upgrades. It wants to add more than 30 new buildings without growing past its current 80 acre footprint in City Park.
The Denver Zoo is mourning the loss of "Baby," 17-year-old female South African lion.
The Denver Zoo is celebrating its second-ever birth of a southern tamandua, a species of anteater.
The Denver Zoo is welcoming two new male African wild dogs to the Predator Ridge exhibit.
The Denver Zoo celebrated International Polar Bear Day with a special treat for its featured wildlife.
Zookeepers are helping the wild animals at the Denver Zoo prepare for the winter storm set to strike this weekend.
The Denver Zoo hosted a voting contest for fans to choose a name for their new zebra foal, and the results are in!
Soldiers from Fort Carson visited the Denver Zoo to learn more about camels before they embark on a mission overseas.
The Denver Zoo is giving fans a chance to be involved in the naming of a new zebra foal.
The Denver Zoo welcomed its first arrival of 2015 early Thursday morning when a baby zebra was born.
From frostbitten kittens to bomb-sniffing dogs, 2014 was quite a year for pets and animals in Colorado. Here are a few of our favorite furry tales (or is it tails?) from this year.
A 2-year-old okapi is making itself home at the Denver Zoo after living at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
As the Internet provides more tools and as regulations ease, countless small-business owners and organizations across the country are increasingly turning to strangers to help fund their endeavors.
Strewn throughout 40 acres at the Denver Zoo this December are at least two million holiday lights. Give or take. As the zoo says: "That is a really good estimate."
An Asian small-clawed otter born this summer will soon greet visitors in the otters' exhibit.
A giant pumpkin got pulverized at the Denver Zoo on Saturday as part of an annual Halloween tradition.
A 44-year-old female Asian elephant at the Denver Zoo has died. Kimbo refused to eat or drink for the past two days and blood tests indicated that she suffered from renal failure.
The Department of Justice has proposed a rule change to clear a backlog of 200,000 immigration appeals.
For some people, addiction and homelessness go hand-in-hand. The Denver Rescue Mission has a long history of helping people in recovery.
Final discussions are underway as Colorado moves toward possible changes to how SNAP benefits work in the state.
The woman serving time for the death of rising Colorado cyclist Magnus White will not be moved to community corrections.
Lincoln Hills, once the largest African American recreational resort west of the Mississippi, was created in response to segregation. Its enduring impact is now on display at History Colorado.
A funeral home owner who stashed decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Colorado corpse abuse charges.
The Department of Justice has proposed a rule change to clear a backlog of 200,000 immigration appeals.
The skier from Colorado takes part in her first training session at the Winter Olympics, battling a serious injury two days before her first event.
For some people, addiction and homelessness go hand-in-hand. The Denver Rescue Mission has a long history of helping people in recovery.
Final discussions are underway as Colorado moves toward possible changes to how SNAP benefits work in the state.
The Department of Justice has proposed a rule change to clear a backlog of 200,000 immigration appeals.
American star Lindsey Vonn participated in an official Olympic training event for Women's downhill skiing, hitting the slopes at the Winter Games for the first time after rupturing her left ACL when she crashed in a World Cup race in the Alps.
The New Life Program is designed to help men overcome the struggles that keep them in cycle of addiction and homelessness.
Jon Hallford, a funeral home owner who stashed decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on state charges of corpse abuse.
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Team USA star skier Lindsey Vonn takes part in her first training session at the Winter Olympics, battling a serious injury two days before her first event.
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The Colorado Eagles have hired Kim Weiss as assistant coach, making her the second woman to reach that role between the American Hockey League and National Hockey League.
Less than two months from the inaugural match for Denver Summit FC, some players are expressing their excitement over what is a homecoming for them.
Lindsey Vonn, 41, said she ruptured her left anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, but that she was still planning to compete.
The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an aircraft that once flew 80,000 feet above Soviet missile sites.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
Team USA star skier Lindsey Vonn takes part in her first training session at the Winter Olympics, battling a serious injury two days before her first event.
President Trump called GOP Sen. Tim Scott after the South Carolina Republican publicly urged the president to remove a reposted video depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.
The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.
Less than a year after Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill to overhaul Colorado's law governing unionization, a House committee approved a new bill that's essentially a carbon copy of the old one.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an aircraft that once flew 80,000 feet above Soviet missile sites.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
On Colorado's Eastern Plains, danger can strike faster than help can reach you. For one rancher in Sterling, a simple chore in his land turned into the fight of his life.
People who call 911 in Aurora for non-emergency medical issues now have the option to be connected to a doctor virtually instead of having an ambulance sent to their location.
An 11-year-old girl in Fort Collins successfully became the 37th child in U.S. history to undergo a liver and heart transplant at one time. Gracie Greenlaw is now home and thriving after receiving the organ donations.
For the past eight years, Louis "Lou" Cicio has celebrated Jan. 30 as his "birthday." Not because it's the day he was born, but because it's the day he nearly died — and survived.
The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.
Millions of Americans lack access to any type of retirement plan, hampering their ability to save for old age.
Employers cut more than 108,000 jobs in January, the highest total for that month since 2009, new data shows.
rysler is recalling more than 450,000 vehicles with improperly designed trailer tow modules whose trailer lights may not work and that have trailer brakes that could fail, federal officials say.
99% of union workers at the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley have voted to strike.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.
Colorado parents are raising concerns after a dispute between their school district and its water provider put the school's future firefighting water supply in question.
An Arapahoe County judge ordered Aurora resident Daniel Alexander Ashby to stand trial for felony assault, after witnesses say Ashby body-slammed defense lawyer H. Michael Steinberg in a courthouse hallway last December.
Newly released documents from the Lakeside Police Department say former Sgt. Howard Prince admitted to cheating on his time records, but also said that in an interview, the sergeant said he didn't know why he falsified his time sheets.