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‘Zoo-ology’ homework

About 175 high school students from ELCA Lutheran churches across western North Dakota spent Friday afternoon gathering up leaves at Roosevelt Park Zoo. Beth Anderson, the Bismarck Lutheran Synod ministry coordinator, said the service pro [...]

Posted On : Oct, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

We Love Arts: At Home at the Zoo

Forty-five years separate the two acts of At Home at the Zoo, though in terms of the play’s action it’s probably only an hour. The second act is The Zoo Story. Written in 1958, it’s the play that assured Edward Albee&rs [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo animals in China to get larger home

The scheduled move of animals from the 54-year-old Changsha Zoo to a new and more spacious home on Monday afternoon was postponed because animals were not cooperative, zoo officials said. As of Monday afternoon, the animals were still at [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Pets at Home enjoys winter sales boost with dog coats

The big freeze has boosted sales of dog coats and rabbit hutch covers at Pets at Home, with the retailer enjoying bumper trading over the Christmas period and improving its prospects of finding itself a buyer. Like-for-like sales climbed 6. [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2010 | Comments : 1

350-Pound Seal Gets New Home

The 9-year-old seal, named Isaac, is the first male resident of the Aquarium's New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center. He will join Cordova, Ursula and JD, all females, who opened the new center earlier this month. Isaac actually arri [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Home Plants & Animals Mammals Howler Monkeys of Costa Ric...

The Howler is the largest of Costa Rica’s monkeys, and despite its ferocious growls, bark and roars, the least aggressive. With a standing height of about 20 inches and weighing up to 11 pounds, the Howler or Congo as it is named in S [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2008 | Comments : 1

Home found for one of center's seals

Federal officials said yesterday they had found a home in that Midwestern city for a female gray seal that has spent the last six months in a Brigantine facility recuperating from a broken back.The Indianapolis Zoo will welcome the 7-month- [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2007 | Comments : 0

Scotland is the home for marine mammals

In Europe seas around Scotland are riches for marine mammals. Scotland holds about 70% of Europe's population of grey seals and about 35% of the EC population of common seals, emphasising the important role that these mammals have in Scotti [...]