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Chimpanzee uses innovative foresighted methods to fool humans
Chimpanzee Santino achieved international fame in 2009 for his habit of gathering stones and manufacturing concrete projectiles to throw at zoo visitors. A new study shows that Santino's innovativeness when he plans his stone-throwing ...
May 10, 2012 |
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Going ape for apps: young orangutan plays with iPad
The young orangutan reaches his hand through the cage and rubs his knuckles over an iPad, drawing wide colors across the screen with his favorite app.
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones
Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Wild orangutans stressed by eco-tourists, but not for long, study out of Borneo finds
Wild orangutans that have come into contact with eco-tourists over a period of years show an immediate stress response but no signs of chronic stress, unlike other species in which permanent alterations in ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Japan zoo hunts for escaped penguin
The hunt was on Monday for a penguin that scaled a sheer rock face to escape from a Tokyo zoo, and was last seen swimming in a river in the Japanese capital.
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Mating tests begin on Edinburgh's giant pandas
Edinburgh Zoo on Monday started daily tests to pinpoint the best time for its pair of giant pandas, given to Scotland by China, to try to produce a cub.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Tartan fit for a panda in Scotland
Two pandas gifted to Edinburgh zoo by China received the ultimate Scottish honour on Tuesday when a special tartan designed for them was unveiled.
Jan 24, 2012 |
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Stranded baby seals concern Dutch rescuers
A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Panda pair jet-lagged after flight to Britain
A pair of giant pandas are a bit jet-lagged after a long-haul flight from China but are already "frolicking around" in their new surroundings, a spokesman for Edinburgh Zoo said Monday.
Dec 05, 2011 |
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British zoo welcomes giant pandas from China
Two giant pandas are set to arrive at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland on Sunday on a eagerly anticipated ten-year loan from China, agreed after years of high-level political and diplomatic negotiations.
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Chinese panda loan to France kept top secret
As world leaders held frenzied talks to try to save the crisis-hit eurozone in the south of France earlier this month, the fate of two giant pandas destined for a French zoo hung in the balance.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Google goes places it has never gone before
The Detroit Zoo's iconic polar bear exhibit is now just a click away.
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Go fish! Scientist trains goldfish for object perception research (w/ video)
The fictitious storybook character Dr. Doolittle was known for talking with animals.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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