Their wings spanning 10 feet or more as they glide serenely above Colombia's Andes, condors are majestic physical specimens. They have been important symbols here since pre-colonial times, when indigenous tribes saw them ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2014
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One of my earlier memories from my childhood is visiting the Frankfurt zoo in Germany. I watched several elephants in an indoor enclosure, and while they were huge and fascinating, it also saddened me to see such magnificent ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 9, 2017
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Two rare southern white rhinos have become pregnant at the same time at a zoo in Belgium, boosting efforts to save the endangered species.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2019
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For more than 2 million years, the native forests on the South Pacific islands of Guam and Rota were home to several thousand crows, members of a species found nowhere else on Earth. But over the last 60 years, the Mariana ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 1, 2018
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A team of geneticists and computer scientists from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Cornell University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, has created a computer model that shows it should be possible to save ...
Studying the social interaction of bears through the use of camera traps and visual observations requires that humans be able to tell individuals apart. A study done using volunteers to study the vulnerable Andean bear indicates ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2014
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A northern white rhinoceros—one of just four remaining worldwide—has died at the San Diego Zoo, officials said.
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2015
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A northern white rhinoceros that was only one of six left in the world died Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, zoo officials said.
Plants & Animals
Dec 15, 2014
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Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ear or eyeball, and carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2015
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An American zoo is partnering with an Australian university to save the Tasmanian devil in the wild.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2014
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