All Posts Tagged With: "Houston Zoo"

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Get Shooting Tips from Award Winning News Photographer Steve Campbell

(HOUSTON)… Enjoy a day of photography and fun at the Houston Zoo’s Photo Day on Saturday, February 20, 2010.
The Houston Zoo opens its gates 2 hours early at 7 a.m. allowing Photo Day ticket holders to take advantage of the morning light and cooler weather to capture memorable shots of some of the Zoo’s early [...]

16Feb2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Houston iPhone app helps you keep track of your favorite zoo animal

Elephants, giraffes and cheetahs.
Oh my, how do I find them all?
From Houston Chronicle
At the Houston Zoo, anyone with an iPhone or iPod Touch can log onto a new application for a hand-held guide from the meerkats to Toby the red panda.
It even offers a real-time, GPS-guided map to the nearest restrooms, handy when nature calls [...]

15Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Littlest patients find distraction, comfort in live feeds from zoos

By Jeff Martin, USA TODAY
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A smile flashes across Raymond Clark’s face as the 8-year-old watches ZooTV, a welcome distraction from needle pokes and other tests during his treatment for a heart defect here at Sanford Children’s Hospital.
The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls launched ZooTV in March, using 14 weather-proof cameras [...]

8Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Houston Zoo mourns death of sea lion

Houston Chronicle
Deano, a sea lion shipped to the Houston Zoo in 1983 and frequent performer at marine parks, has died at age 26.
The cause is not known. An autopsy is being performed, the zoo said Thursday.
“Deano was such a charmer. We are missing him so much right now. He was very special to us and [...]

14Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Houston Zoo starting work on $50 million African Forest

By ALLAN TURNER – Houston Chronicle
Moving away from the concept of bars and cages, the Houston Zoo in September will break ground for a $50 million African Forest, a 6.5-acre exhibit designed to give patrons the illusion they are strolling through an open landscape populated with chimpanzees, giraffes and other equatorial animals, zoo officials said [...]

29Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Leaping Leopards! It’s Enrichment Day at the Houston Zoo, May 9, 2009

REAL.WILD.FUN
LEAPING LEOPARDS!
IT’S ENRICHMENT DAY AT THE HOUSTON ZOO MAY 9, 2009
(HOUSTON)  … It’s said that people believe just 23 percent of what they hear, but 100 percent of what they see. You won’t believe your eyes when you join us for Enrichment Day at the Houston Zoo.
Given a choice, would a grizzly bear prefer [...]

30Apr2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Around the Region: Houston Zoo Named In Top 10 Best

HOUSTON – The Houston Zoo is one of the 10 best zoos in the nation for kids according to Parents magazine’s 10 Best Zoos for Kids Survey. The results are the culmination of a three-month study.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by a publication of Parents stature as one of the ten best zoos in [...]

6Apr2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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HOUSTON ZOO RECOGNIZED FOR SOUND FISCAL MANAGEMENT

For the third year in a row, the Houston Zoo has received the top ranking – four out of a possible four stars – from Charity Navigator, the nation’s premier charity evaluator. “We are honored to receive this recognition for a third straight year,” said Houston Zoo President and CEO Deborah Cannon. [...]

17Mar2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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GET OUT OF YOUR SHELL FOR SEA TURTLE SATURDAY AT THE HOUSTON ZOO

GET OUT OF YOUR SHELL FOR SEA TURTLE SATURDAY AT THE HOUSTON ZOO

(HOUSTON) February 16, 2009 … Sea turtles are one of the earth’s most ancient species. Found in all the world’s oceans except the Arctic, sea turtles are among the planets most endangered creatures. Sea turtle populations are slowly recovering thanks to the collaborative [...]

19Feb2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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Vaccine sought for virus killing 6 zoo elephants

By BILL MURPHY
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Zoo will join forces to find a vaccine for a herpes virus that has killed six young Asian elephants born at the zoo and could leave zoos worldwide without enough of the popular animals for exhibition in coming decades.
The Baylor-Houston Zoo team will [...]

28Jan2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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