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Brown pelicans are found along both coasts of North America. Though once threatened by the insecticide DDT, they were one of the first species to recover from the effects and have since been removed from the Endangered Species List.
Pelecanus occidentalis Animal News Giant Pandas
As an animal keeper at SCBI, some of my favorite birds to work with are small but sassy. Guam kingfishers certainly fall into this category. We have three pairs to introduce during this year’s breeding season, so we have our work cut out for us.
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Naked mole-rats are pink, nearly hairless subterranean rodents that live in burrows in eastern Africa. These surprisingly long-lived animals are one of the only true eusocial mammals; they live in large colonies in which only one female breeds and the majority of individuals spend their lives working for the colony.
: Heterocephalus glaber Animal News Giant Pandas
At Kids’ Farm, visitors can see cows, alpacas, hogs, donkeys, goats, chickens and fish.
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In the midst of the pandemic, as the story goes, a team set out to bring swift foxes back to a land they had disappeared from more than 50 years ago. Learn more in this update from landscape ecologist Hila Shamon.
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Spindly legs and thick, red fur have earned them the nickname “foxes on stilts,” but maned wolves are neither fox nor wolf. Today, researchers are monitoring maned wolves‘ heart rates to learn more about these unique and charismatic canids.
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Ring-tailed lemurs are named for the 13 alternating black and white bands that adorn their tails. Unlike most other lemurs, ringtails spend 40 percent of their time on the ground, moving quadrupedally along the forest floor.
and Species: Lemur catta Animal News Giant Pandas
The northern copperhead is a large, venomous snake found across the eastern United States in terrestrial and semiaquatic habitats. This copper-colored snake has an unmarked head and chestnut brown, hourglass-shaped crossbands along its body.
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North America’s only native ferret species, black-footed ferrets were once thought to be extinct in the wild. Thanks to breeding and reintroduction programs, they have made a remarkable recovery.
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Asia Trail keepers Jenny Spotten and Charlie Shaw discuss the Zoo’s clouded leopard cubs‘ latest training triumphs.
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