Happy National Bird Day: We Celebrate 25 Years of Helping Birds
Owning a companion bird is no small task. One of the many pets that “owned” me was an adorable cockatiel named Frosty. She was 3...
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How Does Cancer Affect Wildlife?
May 25, 2017 The answer may surprise you It all started with a photograph. In 1996, a Dutch wildlife photographer on the island of Tasmania...
Jackass Penguins? Student Works to Help the African Penguins
Known as the jackass penguin because of its donkey-like bray, the African penguin once flourished. Unfortunately, this penguin species—the only one to breed in Africa—has...
Javan Rhinos: an Ongoing Struggle to Save a Species
With fewer than 45 individuals left worldwide, the Javan rhinoceros is thought to be the rarest large mammal on earth. Researchers funded by Morris Animal...
Macaw Wasting Disease Can Be Diagnosed Earlier with Combined Testing Approach
Proventricular dilatation disease, also known as macaw wasting disease, is caused by infectious parrot bornavirus. It is a fatal neurologic and gastrointestinal ailment found in...
Morris Animal Foundation "Gives a Hoot" to Protect Owlets
Scops owls are some of the smallest owls in Europe, with a wide habitat ranging from Spain to Russia, and from country to city. But,...
Solving the Plague Puzzle Important to Preserving Western Prairie Wildlife Ecosystems
August 10, 2017 Few diseases over human history have struck more fear in the hearts of people than plague. Also known as bubonic or septicemic...
South Africa, a Long Way From Oregon
Creeping up on African buffalo to monitor their health is no easy task; they are big, formidably armed, and don’t take kindly to strangers; but...
Stopping Interspecies Spread of Tuberculosis
In the United Kingdom, an ongoing and growing outbreak of tuberculosis in cows has public health officials worried. Cows can spread the disease to humans...
The Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and Morris Animal Foundation
30 Years of Helping the Mountain Gorillas of Eastern and Central Africa By the early to mid-1980s, fewer than 300 mountain gorillas were known to...