Search Results for 'Star'

Rare Kori Bustard chick hatched at zoo in Ohio

Ohio -- A rare Kori Bustard chick has been hatched at a Toledo Zoo center dedicated to breeding rare and endangered birds. The zoo on Wednesday said the male chick weighed 3.5 ounces when animal care staff assisted its hatching June 27. [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

German zoo's new star: A cross-eyed opossum

She's middle-aged and gray-haired and stays up all night. Still, Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is Germany's biggest star, and she has not even made her debut at the Leipzig Zoo. The 21/2-year-old opossum has a Facebook following o [...]

Posted On : Jan, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Starving Sea Lion Pups Wash Up on Calif

Marine mammal experts say dozens of hungry and sick sea lion pups have washed up on Southern California beaches this winter, and many have died at rescue centers. Veterinarian Richard Evans said the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Zoo starved tigers to ransom govt

Eleven Siberian tigers that died at a strike-plagued private zoo were “intentionally starved to hold the government to ransom,” a source told the Nanfang Daily. Initial disbelief stirred up into public outrage after media rep [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs review: Fun has its Age limit...

Think of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” as your dad’s old Ford Country Squire station wagon: It epitomized a breed, it was reliable and kids liked it. But as you grew up, you realized it wasn’t as fun as you remem [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Olympic pandas start new life in E China

Pandas, who were displayed in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games, eat bamboos at Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, May 1, 2009. The three pandas, namely Langlang, Cuicui, Duoduo, were brought her [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2009 | Comments : 1

London Zoo loses its star as Bobby the silverback dies

Vets have begun examining the huge body of Bobby the silverback gorilla, the star attraction of London Zoo, to find out why he died suddenly yesterday, at the age of only 25.Even if he had been living. In the African jungles as his ancesto [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Aussie Zoo stars

The animals are usually the main attraction at Australia Zoo but they had to share the spotlight with the Coast’s latest pin-up stars today. Although the kids from the Sunshine Coast Children’s Therapy Centre were keener on pla [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2008 | Comments : 0

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'

Seals can identify a single star in the night sky and navigate by it, scientists have discovered. Navigating in the open ocean is essential for seals to move between foraging grounds that may be hundreds of kilometres apart. This is the fir [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

The Star-nosed Mole

The Star-nosed Mole ( the only member of family: Condylurini; genus: Condylura) The “Star-nosed Mole”, a type of water shrew is a small mole native to North-eastern United States. It lives in wet lowland areas and eats sm [...]