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With a new executive director and plans to build out a second story of its Lincoln Park space, the 93-year-old institution is "excited for the opportunities."

The zoo, among America's oldest, has evolved considerably since its founding in 1923. A new generation of leaders plans to increase accessibility and create a space for indoor play.

Zoey, a prehensile-tailed porcupine, is a Lake Superior Zoo resident. The Lake Superior Zoo will celebrate 100 years on Friday, July 21, from 6 – 9 p.m. There will be free admission for everyone, along with food trucks, live music, games and more. Photos courtesy of Lake Superior Zoo. As a student at Parkview Elementary

The 100 years all culminates at this year's Zoo La Palooza.

Zoozee, at present Minnesota's only red panda, will be ready to meet the public by the end of May. A second red panda is expected to arrive later this year.

Authorities arrested a man outside the zoo’s veterinary clinic after he allegedly stole a trailer from a Proctor business.

For the second time in a year, a family of pygmy slow lorises at Lake Superior Zoo in Duluth has welcomed a set of twins. 

The Lake Superior Zoo announces that the endangered pygmy slow lorises have another set of twins.

Less than a year after the zoo was surprised with a pair of baby pygmy slow lorises, parents Colby and Giorgio have given birth to a second set.

During the colder months, cat naps get extended, monkeys move inside and bears take a break, but life finds a way as thick snow blankets Duluth's zoo.