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In a world first, Budapest Zoo’s gorilla matriarch Liesel has received stem-cell therapy for her arthritis. An international team including University of Sheffield professor Mark Wilkinson, an expert in human arthritis treatment, has used mesenchymal s… Continue reading Liesel becomes the first gorilla to have stem-cell therapy for arthritis
Axiom Holographics has opened a unique family attraction in Brisbane, Australia, a kind of augmented reality zoo built around a much larger version of Euclideon’s multi-viewpoint 3D display tables and Unlimited Detail graphics engine.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading “Hologram zoo” opens in Australia
Pandas lured out with grapes, a roaming bobcat, and a monitor lizard who did not want to lay pipe for a crowd. Continue reading Here’s All the Animals That Escaped From the National Zoo
Animals are constantly shedding DNA into their environment, traces of which can then be detected in soil and water – and now, perhaps even air. Two new studies collected air samples from zoos and were able to identify a range of animals living in and a… Continue reading Zoo experiments detect dozens of animals from airborne DNA
Animals are constantly shedding DNA into their environment, traces of which can then be detected in soil and water – and now, perhaps even air. Two new studies collected air samples from zoos and were able to identify a range of animals living in and a… Continue reading Zoo experiments detect dozens of animals from airborne DNA
The California condor is one of the rarest birds in the world, but now it seems that nature is giving it an unexpected leg-up. Scientists have discovered two condor chicks that were born from unfertilized eggs, indicating a form of asexual reproduction… Continue reading Endangered condor chicks hatch from unfertilized eggs in species first
Seed banks are facilities of great value to biodiversity and agriculture around the world. These facilities are used to house stocks of seeds of a wide variety, helping to maintain genetic diversity and avoid the permanent loss of various plant …read more
Continue reading We’re Cloning Animals From the “Frozen Zoo”; Like A Seed Bank But For Animals
In the first case of its kind, a four-year-old tiger at New York City’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has confirmed. The female Malayan tiger is believed to have been infected by a worker, with a nu… Continue reading First tiger tests positive to COVID-19 at New York’s Bronx Zoo
To get walruses pregnant in captivity, scientists have tried fake walrus vaginas and more Continue reading Two Walruses Are Pregnant In Canada, And the Odds Are Against Them