Up close and personal with wildlife in the SCV
A gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation Center, swings in its enclosure Sunday morning. September 12, 2021. Bobby Block / The Signal.

Up close and personal with wildlife in the SCV

The Santa Clarita Valley is surrounded by open space, meaning its residents are often catching glimpses of some of the natural wildlife that calls its hills and valleys home. However,…

Gibbon Conservation Center staying in SCV
Dennis, a one-year-old Northern White Cheeked Gibbon, sticks his tongue out while clinging to the chain link fence of his enclosure on Friday. The gibbons at the Gibbon Conservation Center are enjoying their misting system, says Gibbon Conservation Center director Gabriella Skollar. "When it goes over 95, over 100, we turn it on and keep them cooler." Despite the misting system, the center is looking for property closer to the coast to move the center to a more mild climate. According the National Weather Service, high should remain in the 90s through the weekend, and cool to the high 80s by Tuesday. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal. 09252015

Gibbon Conservation Center staying in SCV

Following the announcement that the Gibbon Conservation Center would be leaving its Saugus home of more than 40 years this summer, officials said they are planning to stay a bit…

Gibbon Conservation Center holds ape art painting party
Primate care specialist Jodi Kleier feeds one of the Conservation Center's gibbons. Bobby Block / The Signal

Gibbon Conservation Center holds ape art painting party

While the subjects of their paintings swung in their cages around them, dozens of amateur artists attended the Gibbon Conservation Center's “Ape Art Painting Party” Saturday. After purchasing their $45…

Getting to Know your Gibbon Neighbors
Gabriella Skollar, the director of the Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC), feeds Lucia a berry at the GCC in Santa Clarita on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Nikolas Samuels

Getting to Know your Gibbon Neighbors

By Michele Lutes Signal Staff Writer There aren’t many places on earth quite like the Gibbon Conservation Center right here in the Santa Clarita Valley. At this special location off…

Center invites community to take part in Gibbon-Fest
Howard clings on to his mother, Tuk, at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The center houses the rarest group of apes in the Western Hemisphere and is the only institution in the world to house and breed all four genera of gibbons. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Center invites community to take part in Gibbon-Fest

The Gibbon Conservation Center is scheduled to host Gibbon-Fest Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at the center located off of Bouquet Canyon at…

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