Orange and Black Lobster Arrives at New England Aquarium in Time For Halloween
As kids all over the country dress up and prepare to enjoy the treats they collect during Beggars’ Night, a lobster has joined the festivities at the New England Aquarium! A lobster already “dressed”...
View ArticleLincoln Park Zoo Sending Bat Signal to Public For Help
The Lincoln Park Zoo is asking members of the Chicago community for help in saving bat colonies. Photo by Liam McGuire. While Halloween festivities come to an end as we move into November, it’s...
View ArticleEndangered Mexican Gray Wolf Leaves Brookfield Zoo to Prepare For...
Ernesta, an endangered female Mexican gray wolf, recently left Chicago Zoological Society – Brookfield Zoo to prepare for reintroduction to the wild. Photo by Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society...
View ArticleDon’t Worry! It’s Just a Black Rhino
The desert adapted black rhino Don’t Worry surveys his surroundings in Damaraland in northwest Namibia. Copyright Tim Lewthwaite. Ears cupped forward listening and eyes staring myopically through the...
View Article2012 AZA Photo Contest Winner: Paul Selvaggio at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG...
The 2012 AZA Photo Contest Winner, a photo of a pufferfish by Paul Selvaggio, on the cover of the December issue of AZA’s CONNECT magazine. AZA 2012 Photo Contest Winner: Paul Selvaggio, Creative...
View ArticleImages of Africa: Wild Namibia
Coming into the holiday season, I thought I would do a simple post and share some of my favorite shots from a recent trip I took to Namibia in southern Africa. All the photos were shot with a Nikon D80...
View ArticleSeahorse Survey in Hong Kong
A researcher doing measurement on a sighted seahorse. Copyright Ocean Park Conservation Foundation. Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong (OPCFHK) recently showcased its leadership in seahorse...
View ArticleRare Okapi Born at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo
Okapi calf at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. Copyright Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. Officially, he’s one in a hundred, but to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, he’s one in a million. A rare okapi calf – a forest giraffe...
View ArticleRed Wolf Graphic Novel
Red Wolf Graphic Novel. Red wolves are one of the most critically endangered animals in the world, and education efforts have been identified by the US Fish & Wildlife Service as vital to the...
View ArticleSmithsonian’s National Zoo Opens New Home for Asian Elephants
Smithsonian National Zoo’s new Elephant Trails opened in late March. Copyright Smithsonian National Zoo. The commitment at the National Zoo to save Asian elephants from extinction and ensure a future...
View ArticleBirch Aquarium at Scripps’s Lecture Series is UCSD-TV’s Most-Watched Science...
Scripps Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Somerville delivers a lecture titled “Global Warming: The Latest Word on the Best Science” during the May 14, 2007 Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture...
View ArticleMountain Lion Cub Makes Debut at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
The new mountain lion at Arizona-Sonora desert Museum peeks around the entrance to his exhibit. Copyright Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum traditionally adopts orphaned...
View ArticleSunny Weather Sets Oregon Zoo’s Butterflies Aflutter
An endangered Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly at the Oregon Zoo. In all of nature, nothing perhaps is so magical as the moment a butterfly first unfurls its wings. Now, for what is believed to be the...
View ArticleDenver Zoo Welcomes Przewalski’s Horse Foal
The Przewalski’s horse foal recently born at the Denver Zoo. Copyright Denver Zoo. Denver Zoo is celebrating the birth of an endangered Przewalski’s (sheh-VAL-skee’s) horse foal, born on the morning of...
View ArticleSpotted Newts at Home at Prospect Park Zoo
Kaiser’s spotted newt at the Prospect Park Zoo. Photo by Julie Larsen-Maher. Copyright WCS. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo is now home to five Kaiser’s spotted newts (Neurergus...
View ArticleHorned Puffins Stretch Their Wings at the Oregon Coast Aquarium
Horned puffin in flight. Three horned puffins recently arrived at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Copyright Brent McWhirter. A new species of the feathered kind debuted at the Oregon Coast Aquarium this...
View ArticleEndangered Indian Rhino Calf Conceived by Artifical Insemination Becomes...
The young Indian rhino calf, Ethan, is the first surviving rhino calf of any species to be bred through artificial insemination. Copyright Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The Cincinnati Zoo...
View ArticleBuffalo Enrichment for Lions at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Buffalo enrichment for the lions at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. I have worked as an artist in the zoo and conservation world for 18 years now and have always enjoyed when that association leads me down...
View ArticleEastern Black Rhino Calf Thrills Visitors at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo’s eastern black rhino calf make its first appearance in its outdoor exhibit. Copyright Todd Rosenberg, Lincoln Park Zoo. Lincoln Park Zoo’s newborn Eastern black rhinoceros calf...
View ArticleBlacktip Reef Sharks Make a Splash at National Aquarium
Blacktip reef sharks at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Md. Copyright National Aquarium Sleek, fast-moving blacktip reef sharks dove into their new home at the Blacktip Reef exhibit in Baltimore’s...
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