Nov 29 2010

Fish Tough Guys May Get the Girls

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Fish,Human Behavior,Weird News,Zoos and Aquariums — Tim Wall @ 6:49 pm
Female cichlid fish seem to want heroes not zeros, according to researchers at Stanford University.

Nov 24 2010

Most Spanish Zoos at Risk of Animals Escaping

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles,Animal Behavior,Animals,Human Behavior,Humans,Invasive Animal Species,Mammals,Marine Life,Plants,Rodents,Snakes,Wild Birds,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:19 pm
Some animals, particularly invasive species, could wreak havoc on the local environment if they escaped.

Nov 11 2010

Belize Zoo a Disaster Zone After Hurricane

Tag: Animal Communication,Animals,Current Events,Humans,Mammals,Photography,Travel,Wildlife Conservation,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:53 pm
The Belize Zoo sustained major damage from Hurricane Richard and is just the latest small zoo to suffer after natural or manmade events.

Sep 18 2010

3-Million-Year-Old Whale Unearthed at the San Diego Zoo

Tag: Animals,Current Events,Fossils,Humans,Marine Life,Oceans,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 12:05 am
A construction crew has just unearthed a 3-million-year-old whale underneath the San Diego Zoo.

Aug 13 2010

Great White Shark Surfer Encounter Captured on Video

Tag: Animals,Fish,Human Behavior,Humans,Marine Life,Media,Oceans,Photography,Sharks,Sports,Video,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 8:36 pm
A surfer just captured uncomfortably up close footage of a great white shark, which appears to be one that was tagged in the past by Monterey Bay Aquarium scientists.

Jul 12 2010

World Cup Octopus: Did It Really Predict the Future?

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Marine Life,Sports,Video,Weird News,Zoos and Aquariums — Jorge Ribas @ 9:15 pm
We've heard of cats that can predict deaths and toads that can predict earthquakes, but none of these animals had the fate of a nation sitting squarely on its (many) shoulders like Paul, the World Cup-predicting octopus. This seemingly psychic ...

Jul 02 2010

More Death and Controversy at SeaWorld

Tag: Animal Behavior,Animals,Current Events,Human Behavior,Humans,Mammals,Marine Life,Oceans,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 1:16 am
Two new deaths and a legal controversy plague SeaWorld Orlando, less than 6 months after trainer Dawn Brancheau was fatally injured by a 6-ton killer whale.

Jun 24 2010

Red Panda Cub Born at the National Zoo

Tag: Animals,Current Events,Mammals,Wildlife Conservation,Zoos and Aquariums — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:37 pm
Smithsonian National Zoological Park is celebrating this week's birth of a red panda cub, the first born at the zoo in 15 years.

Jun 22 2010

Zoo Animals Found Alive, Safe

Tag: Zoos and Aquariums — Kasey-Dee Gardner @ 4:56 pm
Just when police thought they’d reached a dead end in the case of the three missing zoo animals – a tiger and two camels –the investigation took another turn: All three animals were found alive and safe about 60 miles ...

Jun 21 2010

Jaws – You Weren’t Always Scary

Tag: Animals,Feedblog,Marine Life,Oceans,Wildlife Conservation,Zoos and Aquariums — James Williams @ 8:08 pm
Happy Birthday Jaws! You showed up in theaters 35 years ago today and have pwned beachgoers ever since. Since the summer of 1975, you've made swimmers, divers, boaters and small-town police chiefs think twice about going in the ocean. You ...
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