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This development guide gives overview of the North Carolina Zoo's original and ambitious 1974 master plan. It discusses the master plan concept and gives an overall analysis of the site. It also includes a map of the master plan, with animals from every continent, an aviary, and aquarium.

I would like to invite all those folks in the Washington, D.C. area to a book talk, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Nanny O'Brien's Irish Pub. I am Kara Arundel, author of Raising America's Zoo: How Two Wild Gorillas Helped Transform the National Zoo. This story shares the heartbreak and...

According to an email I received, Lynx Edicions and Birdlife International will publish at the end of the month a new field guide to the Birds of Thailand, and a guide to the Birds of Vietnam will be published at the end of the year. The blurb says these will be the first in a series of "a...

Dear forum members, My name is Kevin Prenger and I'm the writer of the book 'War Zone Zoo' about the history of the Berlin Zoo during the 3rd Reich and WW2. It's available on Amazon as paper back or e-book. You can read the first two chapters there. If you are interested I can publish an...

Hello, My name is Kara Arundel and I am the author of a new book -- Raising America's Zoo -- about the true story of a family of gorillas that lived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and the zoo's evolution from an antiquated animal park to an internationally respected conservation center...

A new birding guide for Indonesia was published late last year, but seems to have slipped under the radar on ZooChat (which is reasonable, as this isn't a birding forum). It covers all of Indonesia apart from West Papua. Previously western Indonesia was covered by Mackinnon's Field Guide to the...

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can get this book in Ireland or the uk?:confused: thanks

After three long years of hard work, my book has been published. It is called "The Dallas Zoo : A History". It starts in 1888 with its conception and ends with 2014. It's 778 pages long. You can now purchase it at Amazon for $33.25.

Hi all! It's been awhile! I've been in the throes of moving from FL back to St. Louis where the PGAV home office is, so havent had any extra time to dedicate blogging since February. But, since it's spring, and due to the generosity of the amazing Else Poulsen, DesigningZoos.com is hosting a...

Having recently joined the Wiley Online Library, I am interested in Zoo Biology, a professional zoo journal published on behalf of the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums. I've read of few of their free articles-but I probably won't suscribe because of the wildly expensive subscription...

I started a new thread last week in the "TV, Movies, Books about Zoos" forum announcing the impending release of a new book about Taronga written by one of it's longest serving keepers. I thought I should link to it in this forum as well...

This was produced in 1924, 2 years after the zoo opened... There was been one expansion into the southern area below this map... The area marked plantation is still such and no exhibits are in this area, however the zoo's new exhibit opening in 2009 - 2010, Te Wao Nui will encroach...