CURRENT LECTURES

Knowledgeable experts report on exciting topics related to zoo life, current zoological research results and nature and species conservation projects. The lectures are free of charge. The lectures take place every second Tuesday of the month from October to March at the Zoo Event on "Alter Stammheimer Weg" (directly opposite the entrance to the Flora). Parking is available under the Zoobrücke.

The next lectures:

Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 7.30 pm

Peter Herkenrath, Bird Protection Unit at the North Rhine-Westphalia State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection

Little Owl, Pink Flamingo & Co - Bird Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia“

Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 7.30 pm

Simon Bruslund, Zoo Heidelberg

"Silent forest - the Asian songbird crisis"

Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 7.30 pm

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber, Institute for Landscape Ecology, University of Münster

The decline of insect diversity in Germany - what do we know and what needs to be done?"

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Nora Weyer, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremen

"Living on the Limit - Aardvarks in the Kalahari"

Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Alexander Sliwa, Cologne Zoo

"Black-footed cats - News from field research"

Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 7:30 p.m.

Barbara Fruth & Gottfried Hohmann, Board of Directors Bonobo Alive

"Bonobos in the Congolese rainforest - measures for a sustainable coexistence of humans and animals"

The lectures will take place in the rooms of the zoo gastronomy on the "Alten Stammheimer Weg". Please use the "Zoo-Event" entrance (directly opposite the Flora entrance).