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All Posts Tagged With: "Zoological Society Of London"
Cheetah cubs makes first appearance at Whipsnade Zoo
Source: BBC News A litter of cheetah cubs are to live at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire with mother, Dubai. The litter of Northern African cheetahs from Algeria are the first of their kind to be in born in the UK. Three male and three female cubs are making themselves at home in the Zoo’s [...]
16Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
Wide-eyed primate caught on camera for first time
(AFP) LONDON — A “cute” primate so rare it was thought to be extinct has been caught on camera in the forests of Sri Lanka for the first time, scientists said Monday. The Horton Plains slender loris is a small, nocturnal animal which can grow up to 17 centimetres (six inches) long with big, bulging [...]
20Jul2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
High Arctic species on thin ice
A new assessment of the Arctic’s biodiversity reports a 26 per cent decline in species populations in the high Arctic. From ZSL Populations of lemmings, caribou and red knot are some of the species that have experienced declines over the past 34 years, according to the first report from The Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI), [...]
19Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
‘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 [...]
25Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
8Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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
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 [...]
29Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
10Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued
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 [...]
22May2009 | Sara | 2 comments | Continued
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 [...]
2Feb2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued