Plant Profile: Maiden Silvergrass
This hardy ornamental grass is commonly used in landscaping and provides excellent fall and winter interest in our gardens while many of our other plants are no longer in bloom.
Creature Feature: Domestic Yak
Yaks are specially adapted to live in cold, mountainous regions with features such as large lungs and long, shaggy hair to keep warm.
Creature Feature: Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
There are many species of poison dart frogs, and Dyeing Poison Dart Frogs are one of the largest!
Plant Profile: Showy Mountain Ash
This eye-catching tree features small, white flowers in the spring, and bright orange-red or orange fruit in the late summer time and fall.
Partnering with MBORP to Help Save Burrowing Owls
Burrowing owls, once common across western Canada, are now considered an endangered species. Since 2010, Assiniboine Park Conservancy has worked with the Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program in their efforts to help save the species.
Volunteer Profile: Collaborating to Care for our Creatures
When animal care professionals noticed some minor sores on Percheron horse Ice’s hock joints, a unique collaboration was formed between animal care staff and Zoo volunteer, Dale Hunt.
