, the Reptile Discovery Center’s Cuban crocodile Blanche built up a large mound nest – She constructed the nest by kicking up the mulch in the exhibit into a central location
In April, our Cuban crocodile Blanche built up a large mound nest.
the exception of young infants, each gorilla in a troop constructs his or her own nest
Home Animals Animal News January 26, 2018 #GorillaStory: Nest
They have to have a tree in their habitat to nest.
They have to have a tree in their habitat to nest.
two months, the male feeds the female and the chicks through a slit in the mud nest
two months, the male feeds the female and the chicks through a slit in the mud nest
Just like their wild counterparts, orangutans in zoos build cozy nests.
Image: Bornean-Sumatran orangutan Iris lounges in her nest at the Great Ape House
Simultaneously, she is starting to build a nest in her den and to eat less.
Simultaneously, she is starting to build a nest in her den and to eat less.
By Lauren Augustine
I used some food to bait her away from the nest.
Meet the loggerhead shrike—a beautiful songbird with a gruesome reputation for impaling its prey on thorns and barbs. More frightening than the “butcher bird’s” hunting habit is the reality that their populations are in steep decline. Since 2005, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) has worked to breed and reintroduce this bird back into the wild. Get an inside glimpse of what it takes to care for and conserve shrikes from bird keeper Leighann Cline!
If a female is really smitten, she may start nest building immediately!
By Lauren Augustine
2015 By Lauren Augustine Our Chinese alligator built a large mound nest
Found in prairies, grasslands and fields, the grasshopper sparrow’s tan and brown coloration allows it to camouflage even in wide open areas.
They also, when leaving the nest, run a distance away before flying.
