NEW BEDFORD – Buttonwood Park Zoo is not just a place where visitors can see exotic animals in their habitats, but it is also a hub for scientific research and conservation efforts. With the zoo’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Until Michigan lawmakers intervened, incidents at Michigan zoos involving a raccoon-turned-trespasser and an aggressive pygmy ...

These animals can be found in Australia and New Guinea. As an ambassador animal, Teddy will not be on display but he might be used as part of educational classes at the zoo or future breeding programs ...

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is working to build a new habitat to help care for a species that was considered extinct in the wild in the late 1970s.The habitat will be built for the Mexican ...

The study of genetic parameters has become increasingly central to optimising goat production systems worldwide. Researchers have long focused on estimating heritability, genetic correlations, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A breeding program at the Bronx Zoo allowed scientists to release 15 young cottontail rabbits, the only rabbit species native to ...

An understanding of the origin and dynamics of heritable genetic variation within classical animal breeding programs is needed to provide the context for understanding the contributions and concerns ...

House bills would allow rural counties to establish animal control programs and close a loophole allowing large-scale dog ...