Tag: Zoos
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’...
Michael J. Renner, Drake University
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete...
Scientist at work: Endangered ocelots and their genetic diversity may benefit...
Ashley Reeves, University of Tennessee
The female ocelot lay anesthetized on the exam table, behind the scenes at the...
The neural cruelty of captivity: Keeping large mammals in zoos and...
Bob Jacobs, Colorado College
Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
