Students at Rockrimmon Elementary School, in Colorado Springs, are getting their hands dirty (with resounding encouragement from their teachers) to make an important environmental contribution, thanks to their passionate school leaders, supportive communities and a grant from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo members.

In 2018, CMZoo members voted to provide three $3,000 grants to help local schools establish pollinator gardens, totaling $9,000 in support. Rockrimmon Elementary, Penrose Elementary and Remington Elementary received their grants in March 2019. With the arrival of spring in Colorado, they're now hard at work preparing their gardens to nurture flora dedicated to feeding pollinators, like bees, butterflies and hummingbirds in search of natural food sources.

Three adorable six-week-old mountain lion cubs came to live at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Tuesday evening, after being orphaned in Washington state. The two sisters and their brother, who still bear the camouflaging spots of young cubs, were found in their den last week.

You're the first to see this latest footage from their temporary quarantine location at the Zoo. The video shows them eating well, cuddling, playing together and becoming seemingly comfortable in their new surroundings. To read their full story, click here.

Msitu (muh-SEE'-too), a 10-year-old reticulated giraffe at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, is pregnant, according to various test results and experts. CMZoo veterinary staff and giraffe keepers believe she is likely to have a calf in the next two months.

CMZoo is inviting the public to make its own guesses about when the newest member of the CMZoo giraffe herd will be born at  cmzoo.org/guess. The person who guesses the correct hour, minute and date of birth will win a behind-the-scenes animal encounter with the CMZoo giraffe herd.