Despite occupying just 0.03% of the planet’s surface, the region’s lush forests are home to an incredible 500 thousand unique organisms — representing over 4% of all the known species on Earth. For the hundreds of animals held captive in the country’s zoos, however, that hotbed of life had been repl...
The Denver Zoo quietly has shifted its mission from displaying captive threatened animals to working worldwide for species survival.
The latest project: sending out zookeeper biologists to save the Lake Titicaca giant frog.
This fabled underwater frog (Telmatobius culeus) lives only in that windbl...
Despite occupying just 0.03% of the planet’s surface, the region’s lush forests are home to an incredible 500 thousand unique organisms — representing over 4% of all the known species on Earth. For the hundreds of animals held captive in the country’s zoos, however, that hotbed of life had been repl...
