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North Carolina Zoo Announces a Baby Chimpanzee Birth

Asheboro, NC - A baby chimpanzee was born at the North Carolina Zoo Monday evening, marking the 12th chimp birth at the park since its opening in 1974 and the second since August 2010. Ebi, as the infant female has been named, was born to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Endangered Species Act Protection Reinstated for West Virgin...

As a result of a lawsuit brought by a coalition of conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it is restoring endangered species protection to the West Virginia northern flying squirrel. “Threatened b [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

North Carolina Zoo Announces Their Gorilla is Pregnant

Asheboro, NC - For the first time in 22 years and only the second in park history, the North Carolina Zoo is expecting a baby gorilla. The mother is Jamani, age 11, who was transferred to Asheboro from the San Diego (California) Zoo in [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Navy Authorized to Use Sonar off Northwest Coast

The U.S. Navy will be authorized to harm marine mammals, including whales, incidental to training activities in the Northwest Training Range Complex, according to regulations proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The complex [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Northern Australian mammals face extinction

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA'S NATIVE MAMMALS are under serious threat, with 10 on track to become extinct within the next 10 to 20 years if nothing is done, and perhaps another dozen vulnerable to extinction, experts say. "We [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Visitors swarm to Memphis Zoo's Teton Trek northwest-themed ...

Mild autumn temperatures typically help keep attendance numbers at the Memphis Zoo constant after summer's prime zoo season has past.But this year, with the opening of the new Teton Trek exhibit, October attendance numbers leaped by more th [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Global warming pushes mammals north in Michigan

A new study shows that mammals in the state of Michigan are moving north because of climate change, pushing out other species on the way. Researchers studied the distribution and population of nine small mammals from live-trapping data ov [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2009 | Comments : 1

North Carolina Zoo Sees Good News In Today's Economy

Asheboro, NC - An announcement earlier this month that woeful economic news has not dampened donor generosity to the N.C. Zoo Society is consistent with national trends reported today by the Associated Press (AP). Americans from Asheboro [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

Familiar Mammals of North America, National Audubon Society ...

What North American mammal eats cactus, lizards and acorns – and has sharp tusks? What mammal eats its own weight in insects and earthworms every day? These creatures and more are in the pages of this fabulous guide to 110 of [...]

Posted On : Mar, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Breeding Grounds of Northern Whales is being Overlapped by t...

The Migration of Southern Humpback Whales to Northern Whales Region Best known for their arduous migration; love songs, and sometimes-haunting sounds, the Humpback whales are the ocean's greatest wanderers. The motivation of the whales t [...]