/tags/endangered-species Endangered Species en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-03/wildcare-park-to-bolster-global-and-local-conservation-efforts-in-st-louis Park leaders share what it takes to transform a golf course into a safari park, the zoo’s aim to bolster endangered species, and how the park will be a boon to local wildlife and the regional economy. Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:00:00 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-01-03/wildcare-park-to-bolster-global-and-local-conservation-efforts-in-st-louis Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/a-snail-species-went-extinct-the-st-louis-zoo-helped-bring-it-back-to-the-wild Since 1990, the St. Louis Zoo has played an instrumental role in bringing Tahitian snails back from the brink of extinction. Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:44:50 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2024-10-01/a-snail-species-went-extinct-the-st-louis-zoo-helped-bring-it-back-to-the-wild Miya Norfleet, Emily Woodbury /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status The number of monarchs migrating through St. Louis seems low this year, which has entomologists worrying about the population. Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-09-09/st-louisans-monarch-butterflies-endangered-status Kate Grumke /health-science-environment/2024-07-12/st-louis-births-nine-endangered-american-red-wolf-pups American red wolves were declared extinct in the wild in 1980, but conservation groups have since been working to repopulate the species. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2024-07-12/st-louis-births-nine-endangered-american-red-wolf-pups Madison Holcomb /economy-business/2024-06-14/st-louis-zoo-wildcare-park-660-million-expected-10-years The 425-acre plot sits in Spanish Lake, near Ferguson at the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:25:53 GMT /economy-business/2024-06-14/st-louis-zoo-wildcare-park-660-million-expected-10-years Lauren Brennecke /health-science-environment/2023-12-28/first-orangutan-born-at-st-louis-zoo-in-nine-years The Sumatran orangutan newborn will boost the population of the critically endangered species. Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:45:20 GMT /health-science-environment/2023-12-28/first-orangutan-born-at-st-louis-zoo-in-nine-years Lauren Brennecke /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-07-24/two-corpse-flowers-are-expected-to-bring-the-funk-at-missouri-botanical-garden One of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s corpse flowers named Octavia is expected to bloom this week. Its yet-unnamed clone will likely bloom next week. Mon, 24 Jul 2023 21:25:20 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-07-24/two-corpse-flowers-are-expected-to-bring-the-funk-at-missouri-botanical-garden Miya Norfleet /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-05-05/tens-of-millions-of-birds-will-migrate-through-st-louis-and-quincy-this-month In North America, up to 10 billion birds fly up to 20,000 miles round-trip each spring and fall. Fri, 05 May 2023 15:22:22 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-05-05/tens-of-millions-of-birds-will-migrate-through-st-louis-and-quincy-this-month Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-21/endangered-tarantulas-seized-by-federal-agents-find-new-home-at-mobot Nearly 100 Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are the newest addition at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House in Chesterfield. Tue, 21 Feb 2023 23:45:03 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-21/endangered-tarantulas-seized-by-federal-agents-find-new-home-at-mobot Emily Woodbury /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-10/how-a-gorilla-swap-between-st-louis-and-chicago-may-ensure-the-species-survival St. Louis Zoo and Brookfield Zoo in Chicago recently swapped two western lowland gorillas in an effort to help the survival of the critically endangered species. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:24:40 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-10/how-a-gorilla-swap-between-st-louis-and-chicago-may-ensure-the-species-survival Emily Woodbury