/tags/zoo-miami Zoo Miami en-US WLRN Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2024-08-05/fish-popsicles-and-ice-sponge-baths-how-zoo-miami-cools-off-its-animals It’s not just people affected by the increasingly extreme temperatures that bake South Florida in the summer. Animals feel it too. At the Zoo Miami, zoo keepers have various treats and tricks to keep their animals from overheating. Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2024-08-05/fish-popsicles-and-ice-sponge-baths-how-zoo-miami-cools-off-its-animals Ashley Miznazi | Miami Herald /arts-culture/2024-01-04/zoo-miami-ron-magill-pride-of-a-lion-kwasi In his decades-long career, Ron Magill has learned a lot from the animal world, and now he's putting some of those lessons onto paper. The Pride of a Lion is about K’wasi, ZooMiami's first male lion cub and how we can learn from his tale of survival. Thu, 04 Jan 2024 22:02:21 GMT /arts-culture/2024-01-04/zoo-miami-ron-magill-pride-of-a-lion-kwasi Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena, Carlos Frías, Alyssa Ramos /podcast/sundial/2024-01-03/ron-magill-zoo-miami-pride-of-a-lion-book Wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador," Ron Magill joins us to talk about new book The Pride of a Lion. Wed, 03 Jan 2024 20:24:52 GMT /podcast/sundial/2024-01-03/ron-magill-zoo-miami-pride-of-a-lion-book Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena /environment/2023-12-12/miami-wilds-waterpark-lease-is-not-extended-by-city-commission Miami-Dade commissioners decided Tuesday not to give developers more time to comply with their lease for the Miami Wilds waterpark and hotel project — one more nail in the coffin of a controversial deal. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 02:09:24 GMT /environment/2023-12-12/miami-wilds-waterpark-lease-is-not-extended-by-city-commission Julia Cooper /environment/2023-10-23/extreme-heat-south-florida-climate-change-zoo-miami This year's heat has been a wakeup call about the tangible impacts of climate change, as people in South Florida find new ways to deal with the extreme conditions. Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:38:38 GMT /environment/2023-10-23/extreme-heat-south-florida-climate-change-zoo-miami Alyssa Ramos, Joshua Ceballos, Julia Cooper, Wilkine Brutus /environment/2023-09-19/miami-wilds-water-park-vote-delayed The decision comes as Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the county is looking at other locations for the project. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:45:11 GMT /environment/2023-09-19/miami-wilds-water-park-vote-delayed Julia Cooper /environment/2023-09-18/zoo-miami-bonneted-bats-water-park The controversial Miami Wilds water park near Zoo Miami comes back before Miami-Dade county commissioners Tuesday. But the commissioner who requested the deal now wants it deferred indefinitely. Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:42:27 GMT /environment/2023-09-18/zoo-miami-bonneted-bats-water-park Jenny Staletovich /environment/2023-09-07/amid-legal-fight-vote-on-controversial-water-park-near-zoo-miami-is-deferred County commissioners postponed a vote that would have tied a critical step in ending the legal battle to a lease extension. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 21:13:21 GMT /environment/2023-09-07/amid-legal-fight-vote-on-controversial-water-park-near-zoo-miami-is-deferred Jenny Staletovich /environment/2023-09-06/zoo-miami-ron-magill-water-park Zoo Miami spokesman Ron Magill says he is raising concerns as a private citizen and conservationist. "If the zoo is the last place where a species of animal can be seen, then zoos have failed.” Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-09-06/zoo-miami-ron-magill-water-park Jenny Staletovich /news/2022-11-25/dalip-the-elephant-a-zoo-miami-staple-for-decades-has-died-at-age-56 Fri, 25 Nov 2022 12:49:33 GMT /news/2022-11-25/dalip-the-elephant-a-zoo-miami-staple-for-decades-has-died-at-age-56 Douglas Hanks