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From:Business Perspectives (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDuring their recent accreditation review, the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) gave the Memphis Zoo very high marks, except for the badly outdated hippo exhibit. AZA requires that the hippo exhibit begin to...
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From:The American Biology Teacher (Vol. 71, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedMethods for Animal Behavior Research. 2009. Wildlife Conservation Society and Association of Zoos & Aquariums' Behavior Advisory Group. Methods for Animal Behavior Research is a comprehensive DVD tutorial designed to...
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From:BioScience (Vol. 41, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedRecognizing the threat to species survival and biodiversity caused by habitat loss worlwide, many zoos have been transformed in recent decades from competing fiefdoms into cooperating leaders in wildlife conservation,...
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From:Endangered Species BulletinMany successful wildlife conservation programs have been implemented by the American Zoo and Aquarium Assn and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. By partnering with zoos and aquariums across the country, the two...
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From:Science (Vol. 225) Peer-ReviewedThe Smithsonian Institution has selected Michael T. Robinson, former head of its Tropical Research Institute in Panama, as the new director of Washington's National Zoo. Robinson succeeds Theodore Reed, who has presided...
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From:Endangered Species Update (Vol. 20, Issue 2)By introducing the public to animals the average person might never see, wildlife institutions perform an important educational service. Over 70 million people visit zoos each year in the United States where they learn...
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From:Endangered Species Update (Vol. 24, Issue 3)At the 2007 AZA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA this September, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium's Red Wolf Recovery Program received the North America Conservation Award. This award was presented to Will Waddell,...
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From:Endangered Species Update (Vol. 20, Issue 2)The North Carolina Zoo and the North Carolina Zoological Society recently unveiled Field Trip Earth. This online learning project, located at www.fieldtripearth.org, is the result of more than a year of work by a team...
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From:Design Week (Vol. 18, Issue 51)DESIGN with a non-human focus is under the spotlight this week, following a surge of creative interest in all things zoological. Last week plans for Copenhagen Zoo were unveiled, including a new-build shelter due for...
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From:BioScience (Vol. 42, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedZoos have a key role in promoting then conservation of wildlife. The practice of breeding animals to produce unique and attractive hybrid animals was discussed in relation with the political, ethical and animal-rights...
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From:Word Ways (Vol. 49, Issue 3)RAY LOVE Tucson, Arizona A, B, C all the animals in the zoo. D, E, F you want to touch one or two G, H, I will help you fnd a few. J, K, L ephants like to be petted by you. M, N, O here comes a lion into view. P,...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 7) Peer-ReviewedBackground The Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountain ranges in Pakistan's northern areas are a natural habitat of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia syn. Uncia uncia) but the ecological studies on this animal are scarce...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWe investigated the species diversity of Mycobacteriaceae in surface water samples from six environments at the zoological park in São Paulo, Brazil. Three hundred and eighty isolates were cultivated and identified by...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 8) Peer-ReviewedPersistent negligence in the field of environmental protection in Poland as well as strong dependance of the energy sector on the fossil fuels have led to serious pollution of the air with particulate matter, which at...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 5, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedA major problem when studying behavior and migration of small organisms is that many of the questions addressed for larger animals are not possible to formulate due to constraints on tracking smaller animals. In aquatic...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe importance of today's zoological gardens as the so-called "Noah's Ark" grows as the natural habitat of many species quickly diminishes. Their potential to shelter a large amount of individuals from many species...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAllosuckling is a situation when a female nurses a non-filial offspring. It was described in various ungulate species; however for camels this is the first description of this behaviour. The aim of the study was to...
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From:Endangered Species Bulletin (Vol. 33, Issue 4)Recovery--it is the most important part of endangered species conservation. For most species, considerable funding and staff resources are needed to overcome years of population declines and habitat degradation. Despite...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 3) Peer-ReviewedIn the wild, primates are selective over the routes that they take when foraging and seek out preferred or ephemeral food. Given this, we tested how a group of captive chimpanzees weighed the relative benefits and costs...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe main goal of this study was to develop a comparative multi-colour Zoo-FISH on domestic ruminants metaphases using a combination of whole chromosome and sub-chromosomal painting probes obtained from the river buffalo...