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Cute of the day: Baby Aardvark!

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There are only about 35 aardvarks in zoos in North America. He will be raised in Jambo Junction – located in the Nairobi area of the park – and will become one of the park’s educational Animal Ambassadors. Busch Gardens’ animal care experts stepped in when they saw that the mother was not attentive.

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The Queen

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The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. The very excited response was that she had been banded as a fledgling in 1983, which made her, at 27 years and 9 months of age, the second oldest living wild Red-tailed hawk ever recovered in all of North America.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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They would pause over them and just gaze, sometimes even raising the book towards their eyes in the vain hope that this action would allow them to see more.—more Some were taken of birds and mammals in zoos or aviaries, others were taken in the wild, often in remote places. Yet, the photographs exerted an unexpected pull over readers.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

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Clapper Rails are common but rarely seen birds across the islands and on my own island are common in a range of habitats that may surprise readers used to seeing them in wetlands in North America. Photo copyright The Smithsonian’s National Zoo, taken from the Guam Rail page. . There are any number of concerns one could raise.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. Thankfully not extinct: Western Crowned-Pigeon ( Goura cristata ) at the National Zoo © David J. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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We have photographs and newspaper obituaries of Martha, the last living Passenger Pigeon, who died after a lifetime in captivity, mostly in the Cincinnati Zoo. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We have a lot of source material. journey, written up in diary format.

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Panama Trip Report: April 2017

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Any dedicated birder visiting Panama City should first consider the Canopy Tower , one of the most important and beloved birding lodges in the Americas. Seriously, Panama raises the art of under-communication to new, deplorable heights. Park in the lot across from Summit Gardens and Zoo, then walk across the railroad tracks.

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