I don't think it's been mentioned on here yet, but the ZSL is hosting a Fellowship Conference this coming Saturday. The line-up of talks and...
I wonder whether the cobra and arowana (Scleropages is the Greek for 'hard leaves', which could refer to the arowana's distinctive scales) could...
Thinking about the potential theme, however, I'm now beginning to wonder whether the argus should instead be linked with the cichlids in picture...
A very hesitant attempt, perhaps more reminiscent of Lord Emsworth (with an IQ "some thirty points below that of an absent minded jellyfish") than...
It's also worth pointing out that the sun bear was first described by ZSL's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles - another reason why it might be nice to...
I did stand for Council this year but my attempt was, unfortunately, unsuccessful. I do, however, intend to give it another shot next year! (And...
Yes - I'll be there next week too.
ZSL has appointed Matthew Gould, the former Ambassador to Israel, as its new Director General. More details can be found here: New ZSL Director...
I believe 'Nasi', who was born at Dvur Králové in the 1970s, was a hybrid - her mother, 'Nasima', was a northern white rhino and her father a...
And thank you, @gentle lemur, for organising the challenge - it was great fun and a real joy to complete. Credit must, of course, also go to @amur...
Monarchs Queen Victoria (F) Kaiser Wilhem II (L) Napoleon I (M) Queen Consorts Princess Marie Wilhelmine Auguste (I) Alexandra of Denmark (N)...
Labeotropheus trewavasae?
A tentative attempt and full of gaps: A: Lord Derby’s parakeet B: Lady Ross’ touraco C: Cuvier's Madagascar swift? D: Linnaeus' two toed sloth...
Grevy's zebra is, of course, the right answer. Over to you.
I'd suggest 'Africa' as the next theme. Which African mammal was only described as a new species upon the examination of a specimen that had died...
Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus).
Correct, of course - the naturalists in question being John Latham and G. R. Gray. (Incidentally, Clarke Abel - who scientifically described the...
Describe how the hyacinthine macaw and the yellow-knobbed curassow can both be linked to the same British school.
There was the salamander genus Oedipus (the puns being, of course, references to a play by Sophocles and one of Freud's psychiatric theories), but...
Komodo dragon (as the inspiration for 'King Kong') is, of course, the correct answer. Over to you, @Tetzoo Quizzer.
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