Three’s company, too! The morning of Jan. 26, Africa Trail staff reported for duty and discovered a female addax calf.
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Fennec foxes are the smallest of the canids and live in deserts and arid regions of Africa and Arabia. They have extraordinarily large ears, which help them hunt at night.
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An elegant, graceful antelope (which may be behind the legend of the unicorn), the scimitar-horned oryx is supremely adapted to desert life. Currently extinct in the wild, conservation scientists are working on reintroduction programs in Tunisia, Chad and Niger.
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Scientists collect and freeze biological materials, such as gametes, tissue, milk and DNA, from threatened species for conservation and research.
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Allen’s swamp monkeys are small, stout animals with brown and gray-green fur and long tails. These highly social primates live in central Africa’s swamp forests where they spend most of their time in trees.
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When Mei Xiang left her den to eat on Sept. 21, keepers took the opportunity to get the latest weight on our not-so-little-anymore giant panda cub. At 4.5 weeks old, the cub weighs 2.95 pounds (1,139 grams).
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The critically endangered gharial is easily distinguished from other crocodiles, because of its long, slender snout.
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Our tiger cubs are 3 weeks old, and this morning they got their first veterinary exam—and passed with roaring colors. Veterinarians determined that the 2 cubs are a male and a female. The male cub weighs a little more than 8 pounds and the female weighs 7.5 pounds.
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How do you create a menu that is pleasing to the palates of giant pandas, flamingos and fishing cats?
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