News tagged with national zoos
Black-footed ferrets sired by males that died 8 years ago
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Sep 02, 2008 |
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Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have each given birth to a kit that was sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000. These endangered ferrets—part of a multi-institutional breeding ...
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India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.
National Zoo scimitar-horned oryx going into the wild
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Mar 04, 2008 |
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A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the planet.
Male bird at Smithsonian's National Zoo has special reason to celebrate Father's Day
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Jun 07, 2008 |
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How will the only male rhea at the Smithsonian's National Zoo spend Father's Day? He will spend it much like he has spent the past eight weeks: as a proud papa nurturing and caring for his four chicks born ...
Rare North Island brown kiwi hatches at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
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Mar 12, 2008 |
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Early Friday morning, March 7, one of the world’s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Bird House. Keepers had been incubating the egg for five weeks, ...
Elephant populations decline in the wild, but zoos may not be the answer
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Jan 04, 2009 |
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In Chad, the ivory poachers have upgraded to automatic weapons. Having bolstered the population at this "last stand for elephants" in central Africa, the Wildlife Conservation Society estimated recently that the numbers had ...
Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones
Nov 30, 2009 |
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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.
Smithsonian's National Zoo researchers use electronic eggs to help save threatened species
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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This is an important summer for kori bustards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Four chicks of this threatened African bird have hatched in June and July. Along with the bumper crop of baby birds is a bumper ...
Science, not romance, controls mating at Smithsonian's National Zoo
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Feb 08, 2008 |
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This Valentine’s Day, Cupid won’t be making a stop at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Unlike the spontaneous attraction that most humans equate with love and romance, mating and dating at the National Zoo ...
Clouded leopard cubs born at National Zoo
Mar 25, 2009 |
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An endangered clouded leopard at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation & Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, Va., gave birth to a genetically valuable litter of two cubs on Tuesday, March 24. The clouded leopard, ...
Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Animal societies are hotbeds of conflict and cooperation, with creatures helping each other one moment and fighting the next. Biologist Andrew Zink has developed a new theoretical framework ...
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