Climate change puts wildlife at risk. Here's how Texas zoos help their animals adapt
While Texas can have some epic temperature swings and extreme weather, animals kept at zoos rely on humans to help them adapt ...
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25 Best Zoos in the United States: How Many Have You Visited?
For most of us, visiting the zoo as a child brings up happy memories of adventures, melting ice cream, and childhood friends.
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Misha lived in zoos, but the elephant's tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Misha lived her whole life in zoos, but this elephant's teeth are now helping scientists reconstruct wildlife migrations. Geologists show how strontium isotopes found in teeth or tusks reveal where ...
America's zoos experience rare baby boom as spring approaches
From an endangered reticulated baby giraffe to a clouded leopard cub, zoos across the nation are seeing many births as caretakers help to save vulnerable animals.
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Arizona zoos mourning the loss of beloved lions Kaya and Sierra
The Phoenix Zoo lost its beloved mountain lion, Sierra, who was humanely euthanized this week after dealing with advanced ...
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Flaco the owl’s troubled freedom: A meditation on zoos, stories and empathy
I should say right away that I was no great proponent of the abolition of zoos or a deep thinker on zoo ethics. But I was struck by how small the cage was, especially for a member of a species of ...
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How do zoos and aquariums evacuate animals in an emergency?
These are the kind of questions that Southern California zoos and aquariums grapple with in times of fires or other emergencies. From the Big Bear zoo in the San Bernardino Mountains to the ...
Misha the elephant lived in zoos, but her tooth enamel helps reconstruct wildlife migrations
Teeth recovered from a beloved zoo elephant that died in 2008 are helping University of Utah geologists develop a method for ...