A string of deaths of crowd-pleasing animals at Seneca Park Zoo has patrons wondering why so many animals have been lost.
Seneca Park Zoo
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Cultural institutions join forces to draw summer tourists
To help each other recover economically, area cultural institutions have launched the cross-promotional ‘Play Rochester’ tourism campaign.
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Seneca Park Zoo named a ‘worst zoo for elephants’ by animal advocacy group
An animal advocacy group has Seneca Park Zoo in its sights, but international zoo accreditors have praised the zoo’s elephant program.
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Calendar preview: Scary, not scary
Halloween is here, so we’ve got events — haunted places, a costume contest, a virtual concert, and more — that range from scary to sweet.
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Calendar preview: Sun power
This week, the sun shines on sunflower fields, African lions, craft beer, classic festivals, and timely, important conversations.
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Calendar preview: Suddenly it’s summer
This week’s selection of events includes a celebration of World Otter Day, history talks and writing workshops, garden planning, music sessions, and artist talks.
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Earth Day: Events to celebrate home – from home
The coronavirus pandemic is at the forefront of daily life, but Earth Day reminds us that environmental stewardship is not to be eclipsed.
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Another spin on Orbs
When we first took a look at Orbs Restaurant & Bar (758 South Avenue) back in 2014, the menu was heavy on the meatballs and not much else. A lot can happen in three years. The menu has evolved from small spheres of meat to an ode to fresh ingredients and farm-to-table fare, with the […]
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Nosh puts its emphasis on having the right team
When we walk away from a restaurant experience, more often than not, it’s what we didn’t like that is more memorable than what we did. John Nacca and Pete Lezeska are friends and business partners who found themselves having a meal together and discussing what they didn’t like about recent restaurant experiences — everything from […]
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Zoo, state partner on butterfly conservation
The monarch butterfly needs help. Pollinators such as bees and butterflies are struggling, and scientists blame habitat loss and increased pesticide use. But monarchs are in full-on decline. The monarchs migrate to Mexico each fall, but the number wintering there has decreased by 90 percent over the past 20 years. The Seneca Park Zoo has […]
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Gray wolves have a lesson to teach
Gray wolves represent the beauty and brutality of nature in a way that few animals can. With their thick coats, pricked ears, and sharp eyes, they’re visually striking. And the cooperative precision they use to stalk and take down prey — often the weak or the young — is both captivating and horrific. (This clip […]
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Disrupting our disruption
You might consider knowledge of the range of species in a rainforest or a coral reef to be privileged, reserved for scientists and others who study such things. But truth be told, most of us are only vaguely conscious of the minute, diverse scope of life that exists all around us, as we buzz through […]
