I think most ZooChatters get annoyed about the focus zoos place on a few charismatic species, which is why we complain about "ABC animals" and...
In this thread, I noted that some animals are almost ubiquitous as zoo animals (at least in zoos that call themselves zoos), but are split between...
To be clear: this is not a zoo I'm even remotely actually considering making. (I've never seriously considered making a zoo, my real goals are...
As I mentioned in another thread, I'm reading Where Song Began, and this is reminding me how many Australian birds I'd like to see. (Like the...
Several months ago I read about Australian biologist Tim Low's book Where Song Began, and after a fair bit of frustration with the library...
I went to the Denver Zoo with my aunt on Black Friday, and when we went into the lorikeet enclosure the woman who was operating it gave us a...
I previously wrote about the Capital of Texas Zoo. Then shortly after the last time I was here I visited Austin's other two zoos (or zoo-like...
So I've recently derailed two threads thanks to a chip I have on my shoulder with regards to wildlife conservation. I figured I should outline my...
I know that most visitors to zoos get most excited about large mammals. However since joining ZooChat I've seen a number of Zoochatters say...
I know we already have a thread for taxonomy, but since that's all real findings I don't want to spoil it with speculation. The great thing about...
I re-read the AZA accreditation standards after I realized that I may have misinterpreted some parts of them the first time. One thing that was...
So I'm thinking about how despite the fact that I usually don't care about big cats, apes and Old World monkeys or hoofstock, I have a number of...
I've decided that I've been in Texas too long to have not seen any of the AZA zoos near me. There's six within driving distance. San Antonio and...
So I've realized that there's a fair number of really good zoos which don't offer any reciprocity for members of other AZA zoos. (I very nearly...
In the Wings of Asia aviary at Zoo Miami, I saw a magpie goose sitting on the railing. I seem to recall it did that last time too, but I couldn't...
I've tended not to pay much attention to subspecies of mammals, however I've noticed people here and elsewhere distinguish two main subspecies of...
It's not exactly a zoo, but I'm wondering if anyone here has been to the VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) Nature Center? It was one of...
So I'm wondering if anybody here has been to LupaZoo in Longmeadow, MA and has thoughts on A. the variety of their collection and B. the quality...
I've loved the concept behind the London Zoo's EDGE of Existence website since I discovered it back in 2011. I remember being frustrated at all...
In talking about the purpose of zoos in another thread, I brought up the tooth-billed pigeon as a species I wished zoos would try to conserve but...
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