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Close-up of the newest arrival. Such a great addition and Yuli is a fantastic mum. Protective and caring.

Pan troglodytes.

Pan troglodytes.

Pan troglodytes.

Pan troglodytes.

With the caveat that Global Zootierliste still has notable gaps and identification issues, at 10 months in I think there is enough reliable data to make *some* comparisons – and so I thought I’d start with a group that is reasonably well-documented (the great apes) and see how a comparison...

I was recently reading an article about the longest-lived gorillas in history and I noticed an interesting trend. A large number of them were from the same zoos. Of the list of 48 gorillas to reach the age of 50 or more, here they are grouped by zoo (including animals from USA only, though it is...

Do note that this image was taken on September 2nd, 2023, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, Ohio, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on September 2nd, 2023, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, Ohio, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on September 2nd, 2023, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, Ohio, USA.

Hello, I was just at the Toledo Zoo and I noticed one of the female northern white-cheeked gibbons was missing the fur on her scalp, which I’m not going to lie, concerned me a little bit. Why may this be? Is it a sign of sterotypic behavior, namely her pulling her fur out because of stress? Is...

Do note that this image was taken on April 29th, 2023, at Zoo Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on April 29th, 2023, at Zoo Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA.

From May 2022 Trip Does anyone know what species of eagle this is and if this either a young gorilla or chimpanzee?

I had so many shots of this and it was so hard deciding which one to upload. I ended up going with this one because it shows how long the canine teeth really are and you can see inside the mouth pretty well.

Quite the scientific name this subspecies has, haha. I tried to frame him with the branches in the background and I think it came out quite nicely.

Chimpanzees thrive in zoos and are not traditionally though of much. However, populations of wild primates are declining fast. In the lifetime of one chimpanzee, they could be in a dire situation. Most chimps in zoos are generic mixes or unknown subspecies. Europe has a rather developed plan to...