4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Busch Gardens participates in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. The birth brings the total white and black rhino population at the adventure park to eight.

Tampa 100

Tampa White Rhinos Rhinos Rhinoceros 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

Owls 237

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 237

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Although, it is not for the first time when inter-species adoption occurs, but every single case is getting more and more exciting – animals can not only be friends, but parents and brothers as well.

Badgers 100

Badgers Tigers Zoos Porcupines 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

If you want to know how a proper scientist would describe dead animals randomly lying around, here is the answer: “spatiotemporally unpredictable carcasses” That is what White-backed Vultures are looking for. None of these photos shows the “diagnostic pale rump patch that is best seen in flight” (eBird).

South Africa 212

South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 212

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

They are software mascots, cartoon characters, animated film dancers, children’s book heroes, zoo celebrities, and documentary film stars. None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 222