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Six Free Natural History Programs Streaming in January
Stream these free programs and more this January through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Detroit Zoo polar bear give birth to twins after unsuccessful pregnancies
After losing her baby cubs in two different pregnancies, the Detroit Zoo's 8-year-old polar bear, Suka, successfully gave birth to two cubs on Nov. 17. The two unnamed cubs are the first polar bears to be successfully born and raised in the Detroit Zoo since 2004, the zoo said in a news release this week.
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WCS Releases Archive of Stunning, Forgotten Historical Wildlife Illustrations
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released to the public a digital collection of some 2,200 forgotten, historical scientific wildlife illustrations from its Department of Tropical Research (DTR), which it ran from 1916 to 1965.
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Mochica, One Of The World's Oldest Penguins, Dies At 31
The flightless bird with an outsize persona personally greeted thousands of guests in his lifetime and was said to prefer the company of humans over his fellow penguins.
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Mom charged with attempted murder after dropping daughter, 3, into zoo’s bear pit
Shocking video captures the moment a 3-year-old girl was dropped into a bear pit at a zoo in Uzbekistan by her mother, who is being investigated for attempted murder. The distressing footage from Tashkent shows the child being dropped into a trench about 16 feet below the railing as the hulking bear, named Zuzu, walks by and sniffs the child, East2West News reported.
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Zoo Staff Refuses To Save Drowning Chimp, Suddenly Man Jumps Into Enclosure
One day, like any other day, the Detroit Zoo chimpanzee exhibit was surrounded with spectators on all sides, when suddenly, a playful chase between two chimps took an accidental turn, and one of the chimps slipped into the muddy moat surrounding the exhibit.
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Red panda found in fig tree after escaping Australian zoo
A red panda that spent two days on the lam after escaping from an Australian zoo was recaptured Sunday after he was spotted hanging out in a fig tree in a nearby park. Named Ravi, the 7-year-old panda had arrived at Adelaide Zoo last week after he was brought in from another zoo with hopes that he would pair up with a female red panda named Mishry. But by Friday, Ravi was gone.
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Critically endangered rhinoceros gives birth to calf at Kansas City Zoo on New Year's Eve
The Kansas City Zoo got a special start to the new year: A critically endangered subspecies of rhinoceros gave birth to a calf on Dec. 31, officials announced. The calf is walking, nursing and even playing with its mother, Zuri, animal specialists said.
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Alligator allegedly taken from Texas zoo as an egg or hatchling has been returned nearly 20 years later, officials say | CNN
A nearly 8-foot alligator that allegedly was taken from a Texas zoo nearly 20 years ago as an egg or a hatchling has been returned to the facility after it was spotted living illegally in the backyard of a home near Austin, officials say.
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Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes
Hangzhou zoo insists animals are real after video of one standing on hind legs triggers online speculation
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