All Posts Tagged With: "Zoological Society Of London"

post thumbnail

‘Freezer plan’ bid to save coral

BBC News
The prospects of saving the world’s coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.
A meeting in Denmark took evidence from researchers that most coral reefs will not survive even if tough regulations on greenhouse gases are put in place.
Scientists proposed storing samples [...]

25Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Rare pigeon hatches at London zoo

guardian.co.uk
Curator praises ‘fantastic accomplishment’ as bird team engineers breeding despite falling numbers worldwide
It may be declining rapidly in the wild, but a colourful species known as the Victoria crowned pigeon is proving a welcome addition to the bird collection at London Zoo.
One of the rare breed, which sports cyan blue feathers, an auburn chest, tall [...]

8Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

ZSL Condemns Tiger | Murder Poachers kill endangered tiger in Jambi Zoo, Indonesia

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is calling for further enforcement to protect Sumatran tigers, after a female tiger that had formerly been part of a conservation project run by ZSL was slaughtered at Jambi Zoo for her body parts.
Aug 25, 2009 – behind. It’s believed the body parts will be sold on the [...]

25Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Freshwater crabs under threat

Pollution and habitat loss are wiping out the freshwater crab, one of the essential guardians of the world’s river systems, according to researchers from the Zoological Society of London.
Telegraph.co.uk
A sixth of all the world’s freshwater crab species are now considered threatened with extinction.
The scavenging creatures help to keep tropical aquatic ecosystems healthy by recycling [...]

29Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Afghans issue first wildlife list

BBC News
Afghanistan has published its first list of threatened wildlife that can no longer be hunted or harvested.
The list, compiled by the country’s National Environment Protection Agency (Nepa), includes 20 mammal species, seven birds and four plants.
Officials hope to expand the number of protected species to as many as 70 by the end of the [...]

10Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Virus kills another Whipsnade Zoo baby elephant

By Anne O’Donoghue – Dunstable Today
Staff mourn little Leelee
Leelee, a two-year-old female Asian elephant, has been struck down by the same deadly virus which killed Donaldson, a one-year-old male calf.
She began showing signs of elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus (EEHV) on Friday, May 15, and immediately began undergoing treatment.
The little jumbo was also given a blood [...]

22May2009 | Sara | 2 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Extinct Ibex Cloned

A Spanish mountain goat, the Pyrenean Ibex, was formally confirmed as extinct in 2000 when the last one of its kind was discovered dead.
Before the animal was found dead, scientists reserved skin samples of the animal, a kind of ibex that habituates in the mountains, in liquid nitrogen. Using the DNA from the skin samples, [...]

2Feb2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Projects to Save Africa’s Rarest Ape Unveiled by UN and Wildlife Groups

News Announced as People Young and Old Skate Off in London to Lift Threat of ‘Gorillas on Thin Ice’

ITV’s Dancing on Ice ‘Star’ Donal Macintyre to Take Part

London/Bonn/Nairobi, 15 January 2009 -Three projects aimed at countering the slide towards extinction of one of human-kind’s closest relatives were spotlighted today as [...]

16Jan2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

25-year-old gorilla dead at London Zoo

LONDON, Dec. 5 (UPI) — Officials at the London Zoo said the attraction’s 25-year-old male silverback gorilla has died of unknown causes.The zoo said in a statement that the gorilla, named Bongo Junior — Bobby for short — was found dead in his nest Friday morning, The Daily Telegraph reported.
“He was a dearly loved resident [...]

6Dec2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Knee clicking – how the male eland antelope flexes his pecs

Male eland antelope demonstrate their physical prowess via a bizarre knee-clicking signal, scientists led by ZSL have found
This signal is used to establish mating rights amongst the males without the need to resort to physical fights.
The research, undertaken by the Zoological Society of London and University of Copenhagen and published in the open access journal [...]

10Nov2008 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
  • Find World Zoo Today on your favorite social media site!


    FriendFeed