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Help Us Build the World’s First Insect Biodome – Invertebrate Studies Institute (ISI) Seeking Supporters, Volunteers, Collaborators! Hi ZooChat community! I'm Dr. Aaron T. Dossey — scientist, entomologist, and founder of the Invertebrate Studies Institute (ISI), a nonprofit dedicated to...

Hey everyone I am a medical student from Germany studying in Wroclaw and I would love to work on a personal research project focuses on animal behaviour in captivity versus natural environment. Im hoping to observe and document for at leat a year.I’m looking for advice on: Which two species...

Hello, I'm a Christian author and I'm doing a bit of research for a novel I'm working on. I'm looking for animals that aren't yet seen in United States Zoos and are extremely rare. The animals in question would have to be able to survive in captivity and I would prefer mammals. Any help would...

I've recently been doing some research on the regions Spider Monkeys and would be interested to see any info you may have on the current Spider Monkeys (alongside any historic info too of course!) The current holders are: Australia: Banana Cabana; Billabong Koala and Wildlife Park; Crocodylus...

For a number of years now, Roger Williams Park Zoo has been involved in conservation work for the timber rattlesnake, an endangered species native to New England. Recently, one of the zoo's herpetology keepers published some new research on the zoo's timber rattlesnake conservation projects, and...

Discussion, History and Research Introduction: This thread is aimed at supporting the Australasian Hippopotamus Population thread by creating a space for discussion, as well as ongoing research into the origins of our regional hippopotamus population. The population thread can be found here...

Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m from Australia. A couple years ago I started doing research on George Bruce Chapman and his various businesses. A fascinating individual. Recently I saw new information on this forum and may yet discover more. Thank you for having me!

An interesting article that gives an overview of the results of a recent study on the causes of extinction of the Carolina parakeet. SPOILER ALERT: Humans are believed to be the sole causal factor that led to extinction. Humans 'sole culprits' in US parrot extinction

I do research on Masai giraffe and have initiated a new project to identify and map the genes that determine their spot-patterns. As you might know, the spot-patterns of Masai giraffe are highly variable among individuals. But you may not know that spot-patterns of Masai giraffe differ in their...

Hi all, I'm new to Zoo Chat. But I was wondering whether anyone would be able to share any information they have with me, which would be greatly appreciated. I am currently a university history student at SDC and I have a hidden histories module coming up, I am looking and researching...

Hello, I am a third year Primary Education student at the University of St Mark and St John and I am currently writing my dissertation. I am looking into the importance of environmental education and whether or not it should be included as a discrete subject in the National Curriculum and I...

I am currently writing my third year university dissertation on the colouration of pandas and as part of this need to quantify the areas of black and white on lateral images of pandas - I have done this for around 30 pandas so far - but these all need to be named and ID'ed, to ensure I'm not...

Hello everyone! I am currently a masters student studying Zoo Biology at Sparsholt university centre. For my dissertation research, I am studying the effect of enrichment on pygmy hippos but am also doing a questionnaire to collect data on the publics understanding of pygmy hippos. As many of...

Hello Everyone! My name is Tunya Chinpilas and I am a graphic student and an aspiring Zoo Designer from the UK. I am currently working on a publication about how perception, illusions and art theories can help zoo exhibit designs alter the modern-day perception of zoos. I have published the...

Hiya! I'm undertaking my MSc thesis currently and for this am running a survey about in-situ and ex-situ cat conservation. If you're 18+ and a UK resident please consider taking my survey! It'll take you about 15 minutes but you'll get to see cute pictures. Lots of people have started the...

Hiya everyone, looking to do some research on captive european griffon vultures but have only seen them in a few collections (not many zoos near me!) Hoping to look at contrasting exhibits so it would be great if anyone could point me in the right direction. Thank you :)

The Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust and Dartmoor Zoo have partnered with Cambridge University's Conservation Evidence project. The aim is to evaluate and promote evidence-based zoo management. Good stuff! South West charities launch global zoo science project - The Whitley Wildlife...

Hey, Im looking into creating a research project comparing the effects of enclosure design on Aye-Aye behaviour, between two UK zoos. Durrell Wildlife Trust and an unknown. The second should preferably be around Liverpool or the Kent area. If anyone has any pictures of enclosures or...

Given the volume of news reported on this site, I've long wondered why ZooChatters don't tend to debate or even recognize advances in zoo research. This "Journal Club" is my attempt to remedy that: a thread dedicated to discussing papers members find important, relevant, or just plain...

An interesting article from BBC News: Bird's lightning 'tap dance' caught on camera - BBC News You can find the paper here: Tap dancing birds: the multimodal mutual courtship display of males and females in a socially monogamous songbird : Scientific Reports