News tagged with breeding center

Miami blue butterfly to be declared endangered

The tiny Miami blue butterfly, reduced to a few hundred survivors on isolated islands off Key West, will be formally declared a federally endangered species on Friday.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists observe reproductive seasonality in male giant pandas

A three-year study of giant pandas published today in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press reveals that reproductive seasonality exists not only in female pandas, but in male pandas as well.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Endangered Puerto Rican parrot on the rise

(AP) -- Deep amid the dense greenery of a rain forest, down an unmarked road, behind a barbed wire fence in a low-slung compound monitored by security cameras, government scientists are nursing a special ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012

(AP) -- Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub

(AP) -- Prized San Diego Zoo panda Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0