Hairy Situation for Polar Bears
December 3, 2014 – Facts about polar bears: About 19,000 polar bears live on the planet. 60 percent of all polar bears live in the...
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Happy National Bird Day: We Celebrate 25 Years of Helping Birds
January 4, 2015 – Owning a companion bird is no small task. One of the many pets that “owned” me was an adorable cockatiel named...
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
January 21, 2015 – Known as the jackass penguin because of its donkey-like bray, the African penguin once flourished. Unfortunately, this penguin species—the only one...
Javan Rhinos: an Ongoing Struggle to Save a Species
Updated May 1, 2019 - With fewer than 70 individuals left worldwide, the Javan rhinoceros is thought to be the rarest large mammal on earth...
Macaw Wasting Disease Can Be Diagnosed Earlier with Combined Testing Approach
January 5, 2016 – Proventricular dilatation disease, also known as macaw wasting disease, is caused by infectious parrot bornavirus. It is a fatal neurologic and...
Morris Animal Foundation "Gives a Hoot" to Protect Owlets
July 31, 2015 – Scops owls are some of the smallest owls in Europe, with a wide habitat ranging from Spain to Russia, and from...
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
March 18, 2015 – Creeping up on African buffalo to monitor their health is no easy task; they are big, formidably armed, and don’t take...
Stopping Interspecies Spread of Tuberculosis
March 8, 2016 – In the United Kingdom, an ongoing and growing outbreak of tuberculosis in cows has public health officials worried. Cows can spread...