The black pacu is a large, nonaggressive, fruit-eating species of fish found in the
Exhibit: Amazonia Black pacu Colossoma macropomum The black pacu is a large, nonaggressive
The red-footed tortoise is found throughout South America and on the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Barbados. These long-lived tortoises have bright red, yellow or orange patches on their legs, tail and head.
Their skin is mostly black with shells being typically black, gray or brown.
The endangered, long-tailed chinchilla is a medium-sized rodent with famously thick, beautiful fur. It is a social, matriarchal animal native to the Andes mountain range.
Their coat is very soft and dense, and each hair usually has a black tip.
Montana, ecologist Andy Boyce and intern Andrew Dreelin are learning more about how black-tailed
At our field site in north-central Montana, we’re learning more about how black-tailed
There are 30 species of plated lizards, and the African plated lizard (also called the giant plated lizard) is one of the largest. It has a squat body, plate-like scales and powerful legs.
They have black, rubber-like balls on the soles of their feet.
An unseasonably strong storm in fall 2022 stirred up some romance between two Panamanian golden frogs. Now, Reptile Discovery Center keepers are caring for more than 400 of the couple’s golden-hued hatchlings!
Hear how they got things ‘hopping’ from assistant curator Matt Evans.
The Home’s hinge-back tortoise is a small tortoise found throughout the coastal regions of the Gulf of Guinea in Western Africa. Its distinct shell angles down at the back.
rainwater for drinking.The plastron, or the bottom of the shell, is yellow with black
Brush-tailed bettongs, also called brush-tailed rat kangaroos and woylies, are small, critically endangered, bipedal marsupials native to Australia. They have prehensile tails and are impressive diggers.
One of this species‘ more noticeable features is a characteristic black crest of
Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred gibbons native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatran
Exhibit: Primates Siamang Symphalangus syndactylus Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred
On March 13, the newly renovated Bird House’s doors will flap open, welcoming guests with a chorus of chirps, tweets and quacks. Yes, quacks! Get to know the 11 lucky duck species in the Bird House from animal keeper Jen Ferraro.
stripe around their eye and smaller black stripe around their bills.
