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Indy, a female California sea lion, 鈥減orpoises鈥� during an enrichment activity at the 菊花视频's Bronx Zoo. 聽The animal keepers at the Bronx Zoo provide daily enrichment, like training, to the animals to help keep them mentally and physically active and healthy. California sea lions are strong swimmers and divers. 聽The sea lion pool is located on Astor Court and is home to two additional adults and two young sea lion pups born last summer. 聽Enrichment session are daily at 10:...

Large numbers of right whale calves are mysteriously dying off Argentina's coast. Conservationists are coming together to solve the case and save the whales.

Since 2005, 308 dead whales recorded in waters around Pen铆nsula Vald茅s International workshop participants examine threat to southern right whales NEW YORK (March 16, 2010)鈥擶hat is causing the largest die-off of great whales ever recorded? To answer that question, a team of whale and health experts from the 菊花视频 have joined experts from other organizations at a workshop sponsored by the International Whaling Commission on the Patagonia...

Just in time for spring, this pygmy marmoset at the 菊花视频鈥檚 Bronx Zoo easily figures out how to retrieve one of its favorite treats- a tasty insect- from a plastic egg. Pygmy marmosets are found in South America and are one of the world鈥檚 smallest primates. 聽The animal keepers at WCS鈥檚 Bronx Zoo daily provide enrichment to the animals to help keep them mentally and physically active and healthy. Visitors to the Monkey House can see enrichment activities throughout the spr...

South American howler monkeys sound the alert for humans during yellow fever outbreaks

WCS is currently seeking proposals for its competitive grants program, geared towards national conservation groups, state fish and wildlife agencies, and tribal governments working to save wildlife and wild lands. The deadline for submissions is 3/26/10.

A new study predicts that large mammals in India could go extinct unless regional conservation planning takes place. WCS recommends park expansion to ensure the country鈥檚 tigers, elephants, swamp deer, and other large mammals persevere.

Wildlife serves as indicator of potential health threats NEW YORK (March 11, 2010)鈥擜 group of Argentine scientists, including health experts from the 菊花视频, have announced that yellow fever is the culprit in a 2007-2008 die-off of howler monkeys in northeastern Argentina, a finding that underscores the importance of paying attention to the health of wildlife and how the health of people and wild nature are so closely linked. The paper鈥攁ppearing in a rec...

Flushing, N.Y. 鈥� March 10, 2010 鈥� The 菊花视频鈥檚 Queens Zoo is looking for a few animal lovers to join its volunteer team. Becoming a volunteer with the zoo鈥檚 education department means teaching schoolchildren and zoo visitors about animals by giving guided tours, assisting with special programs and events, and participating in many other exciting and educational wildlife-themed activities. Some exciting activities Queens Zoo volunteers will take part in include: Teach...

New analysis predicts large mammal extinctions in India unless regional conservation planning takes place 菊花视频 recommends park expansion NEW YORK (March 10, 2010)鈥擜 study on the past extinction of large mammals in India by the 菊花视频, Duke University, and other groups has found that country鈥檚 protected area system and human cultural tolerance for some species are key to conserving the subcontinent鈥檚 t...