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Austrian zoo says lion cub triplets may be rare Atlas crossb...

Lion cub triplets thought to be a sub-species of the Atlas lion, extinct in the wild for almost a century, have been born at a Vienna zoo, curators said Monday. Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo said in a statement that the mother and the father & [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Abandoned baby panda adopted by cat at Dutch zoo

A baby panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a domestic cat which is suckling the animal along with its own young, Amsterdam's Artis zoo said Wednesday."The young panda is doing well in the circumstances. For it to survive, [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Zoo submits 70m park proposals

Bristol Zoo Gardens is planning a £70m world wildlife reserve to be sited in the city's outskirts. The proposed 55 hectare National Wildlife Conservation Park (NWCP), will be the first conservation-led park in the UK. The park has b [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Manila zoo orders therapy for stressed-out animals

Sisi slowly browses through the yellow pages, looking not for a phone number but for peanuts and sunflower seeds hidden in the directory. Mali plays with a block of ice containing apples and oranges, crushing it with her feet to get at the [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2008 | Comments : 0

Try A Small Mammal for A Pet

If you're thinking about getting a new pet, but you don't want a dog, cat or bird... a small mammal might be the creature for you. March Mammal Madness is March 15 at the Dumb Friends League. Small mammals such as guinea pigs, rabbits [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Difference between a human and animal brain may surprise you

The brain undergoes a complicated pattern of development in the embryo. This development is similar in birds, mammals and humans. An embryo has three basic layers that begin as simple layers of cells programmed by genes to become differe [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2008 | Comments : 1

Oregon State University Gets Grant from Irwins to Study Whal...

The Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University will begin studies in 2008 in both the southern and northern hemispheres on a variety of whale species to improve information on their habitats and stock identity, which could eliminate [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

5 baby crocs debut at zoo

The odds seemed stacked against the Lincoln Park Zoo's five baby African dwarf crocodiles being born.Their father, the zoo's oldest reptile, a 67-year-old croc named R1, had yet to produce offspring even after living with females for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Gorilla

Gorilla gorilla Endangered The gorilla is a shy and, for the most part, inoffensive vegetarian -- a far cry from the fearsome, aggressive creature depicted in films and comic books. Only when provoked or threate [...]

Posted On : Jul, 12 2007 | Comments : 0

Baby Gorilla Medically Treated at Human Hospital

Muenster Zoo -Germany : In view of critically bad health condition, medical treatment for severe dehydration and hypothermia had to be given to a suffering baby gorilla of a German Zoo in the human hospital on emergency grounds &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Southern white Rhinoceros calf in Budapest Zoo

Hungary Thursday, June 28, 2007, in Budapest Zoo's 300 kg (660 pound) southern white Rhinoceros calf while feeding her. Budapest Zoo is one of the big and attractive zoo in Europe. Budapest Zoo has more then 5000 animals, which ar [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Eighty-four Siberian Tiger Cubs born in Captivity

It was entirely miraculous to see plenty of cubs born to Siberian Tiger, a species that has been enlisted as nearing extinction. At the zoo in Mulhouse, eastern France, a Siberian tiger licks her cub in the picture taken recently. In nor [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2007 | Comments : 0

In Southwest China Panda Found Dead

In southwest China, wildlife officials announced some days before, the first captive-born giant panda ever released into the wild has been found dead. On snow-covered ground in the bamboo forests of [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

13-year-old male grizzly bear died in Bronx zoo

Jughead a 13-year-old male grizzly bear, died in Bronx zoo. To surgically remove an abscess from the bear’s stomach, extraordinary measures were taken. In 1995 jughead was one of four bears rescued and transferred to the Bronx Z [...]