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On Your Mark … Get Set … Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo

Posted on August 10, 2015 by The Woodward Spine

Register by August 14 and save $5 ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Thousands of runners and walkers will lace up their running shoes and head over to the Detroit Zoo on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, for the 19th annual Run Wild … Continue reading →

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New Year Ushers in New “Era” at Detroit Zoo

Posted on April 8, 2015 by The Woodward Spine

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Shortly after the ball dropped at midnight on January 1, 2015, the Detroit Zoo had something special to celebrate ¬– an endangered male Grevy’s zebra born at 2:45 a.m. at the zebra habitat. The foal – … Continue reading →

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Shorpy Saturday – Open Wide: 1908

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Jeffrey S. Buck

By Jeffrey Buck How many different dentists can you count? Take a look at the photograph entitled “Open Wide: 1908“: Detroit circa 1908. “Grand Circus building.” Named after the large, semicircular park nearby, and home to a curiously high concentration of dentists. … Continue reading →

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Leap into Conservation by Joining FrogWatch

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Woodward Spine

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoological Society is encouraging Southeast Michigan residents to hop to it and join the local chapter of FrogWatch USA. The citizen science program teaches volunteers how to identify frogs and toads by their breeding … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Makes U.S. Debut at Detroit Zoo

Posted on December 16, 2014 by The Woodward Spine

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition – a collection of images from the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife photography competition – made its U.S. debut at the Detroit Zoo’s Ford Education Center on November … Continue reading →

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