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• California Academy of Sciences Becomes the First Aquarium in U.S. to Breed Dwarf Cuttlefish

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  Anchored to an algae-covered rock in a 120-gallon tank at the California Academy of Sciences’ Steinhart Aquarium, a cluster of inky-colored cuttlefish eggs is beginning to swell—evidence of success for the Academy’s new captive breeding program for dwarf cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis. The program, pioneered by ...
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• Baby echidnas make first appearance at Perth Zoo

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  Perth Now TWO baby echidnas born at Perth Zoo have today made their first public appearance. Echidnas are notoriously difficult to breed and only 13 have been born in captivity in Australia. The newest additions, which were inspected and weighed by keepers this morning, have been named Moa and Kain. See pictures ...
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• Pygmy Hippo breeding programme at Vandalur suffering

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 442
  K Praveen Kumar – The Time of India CHENNAI: The Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP) in Vandalur is suffering setbacks in its captive breeding programme for the pygmy hippo one of the world’s most endangered species. The two male pygmy hippos in the zoo 17-year-old Bharati and his father Chubbi (35) are without ...
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• AArk staff and associates bring amphibian husbandry essentials to central Panama

  
  Frog Matters — Authority: 103
  Last week, I was thrilled to be working with Dr. Roberto Ibanez from the Smithsonian Institute and Heidi Ross and Edgardo Griffith, from the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, to administer a three-day husbandry essentials workshop in El Valle de Anton, Panama. Consulting instructors Allan Pessier (San Diego ...
  2 weeks ago

• South Africa’s Problem with 3,000 Canned Hunting Lions

  
  Baraza — Authority: 518
  Recently, as is usually the case, a passionate discussion erupted here at Baraza following a post about Uganda’s sport hunting plan . While I believe that Uganda’s plan to get into sport hunting is unwise, not all agreed with me. Although the ‘to hunt or not to hunt’ debate is not anywhere near the end, when ...
  3 weeks ago

• Raising (Whooping) Crane

  
  The Why Files — Authority: 110
  Ultralight aircraft are guiding crane chicks toward Florida wintering grounds. Dangers remain, but its a step ahead for Americas largest flying bird, once reduced to 21 animals.
  4 weeks ago

• World’s Last Yangtze Turtle Pair Fails to Reproduce, Again

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 593
  This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post . The last known female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle laid 188 eggs this year, but none of them will be hatching. A disappointment for turtle conservationists: The world’s only known pair of critically endangered Yangtze giant soft-shell ...
  4 weeks ago

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