2016

Yes, there are some positives to this horrible year. The Best Wildlife Conservation Stories of 2016

The Worst Wildlife Conservation Stories of 2016

Monarto zoo has bred 14 pygmy blue-tongue lizards. These recently rediscovered lizards are the first to be born in captivity. In what the zoo is hailing a conservation world first, the baby critters were born to five different females over two weeks, the first litter being born on January 26...

Mollie the European brown bear has died, she was 32 years old and put to sleep. (would Mollie be the brown bear from Edinburgh zoo?) The Amur tiger enclosure has been extended and a viewing platform added 1.0 Bactrian camel born

Finally we can kick off the year with some news. A transport box has been placed in the male polar bears enclosure, with Arktos due to be moved over to Victoria's enclosure around mid-March. Polar bear breeding begins in the Highlands | Highland Wildlife Park

0.1 Southern white rhino born. https://www.facebook.com/knowsleysafari/photos/pcb.10153822745513769/10153822744868769/?type=3&theater

Another year, another challenge. For the challenge's fourth installment, we're targeting Ungulates! While, as always, our friends in Australasia will be left out a bit I feel ungulates are still a very well represented clade of animals in captivity. Now this may be a bit of a difficult and...

To start the new year a 0.1 Asian elephant has been born at the park. https://www.facebook.com/tierparkberlin/photos/pcb.10153762198885149/10153762195970149/?type=3&theater (Apologies for starting a news thread with actual news!)

A new year means a new news thread. The Zoo will be temporarily closing Wallaroo Station for some upgrades. Facelift Coming for Lowry Park Zoo's Wallaroo Station | South Tampa-Hyde Park, FL Patch