I speak here in my role as associate professor of zoo animal welfare at Nottingham Trent University, but I also sit on the UK Zoos Expert Committee and helped to write the new standards.

It's pretty easy to identify the most spine-covered, pokey and self-defensive plant in all of Kern County: a cactus known as the Silver Cholla. Silver Cholla (Cylindropuntia echinocarpa) is like a ...

Before you go, be sure to check out the Vivarium, a biosphere where you can see how ecosystems might look in the future. From Dhs159. Open daily 9am-9pm. Sheikh Zayed Road, museumofthefuture.ae (800 ...

The Ramona Flowers bring their momentum stateside to Vivarium next week. We talked with the UK band just before they headed stateside for a tour, which will include a Wednesday night stop at Vivarium.