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The North Carolina Aquariums Released a 107 Rehabilitated Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles
The North Carolina Aquariums Released a 107 Rehabilitated Cold-Stunned Sea Turtlesby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 16, 2023

The North Carolina Aquariums were excited to release more than 100 rehabilitated cold-stunned sea turtles during winter stranding events. Included in the 1...

Aquarium of Niagara Gets Grant for New Sea Turtle Exhibit
Aquarium of Niagara Gets Grant for New Sea Turtle Exhibitby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 13, 2023

The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency announced an award of $17,000 toward the project through the Cataract Tourism Fund. Other funding was prov...

Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlings
Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlingsby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 05, 2023

Six Critically Endangered Madagascar big-headed turtles (Erymnochelys madagascariensis), have hatched at Durrell’s Jersey Zoo for the first time. The ju...

New Reptile Center to Open at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
New Reptile Center to Open at Riverbanks Zoo and Gardenby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 27, 2023

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia will debut its new aquarium and reptile center this spring. The much-anticipated Darnall W...

San Antonio Zoo’s Reptile House is the First One to Successfully Breed a Very Rare and Endangered Gecko
San Antonio Zoo’s Reptile House is the First One to Successfully Breed a Very Rare and Endangered Geckoby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 07, 2023

The San Antonio Zoo's Reptile House gained several new additions this year, including 11 psychedelic rock geckos bred by the zoo's Ectotherms Team, accordi...

Woodland Park Zoo Releases Western Pond Turtles to Protected Wetlands
Woodland Park Zoo Releases Western Pond Turtles to Protected Wetlandsby Joeby Ragpa - Sep. 05, 2022

At the start of every summer, the western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata) are collected as eggs from wild nests and transported to Woodland Park Zoo, wh...

Historic Conservation Milestone of Ozark Hellbenders Was Achieved!
Historic Conservation Milestone of Ozark Hellbenders Was Achieved!by Joeby Ragpa - Sep. 04, 2022

The 10,000th hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) captive bred in Saint Louis Zoo, were released into an Ozark river. Read more info about...

ZIMS at Work: an Interesting Approach to Conservation in Terms of Work of Cologne Zoo
ZIMS at Work: an Interesting Approach to Conservation in Terms of Work of Cologne Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Jul. 26, 2022

ZIMS at Work feature on Cologne Zoo is a story about Read more info about this topic using the following link Read also: Zoo Atlanta Helps in Con...

Meet the Centerarian Tortoises at the St. Louis Zoo
Meet the Centerarian Tortoises at the St. Louis Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 09, 2022

Two gigantic Aldabra tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) named Othello and Ray are considered to be the oldest animals at the St. Louis Zoo. The reptiles...

Guatemalan Beaded Lizards Hatched in Captivity at Oklahoma City Zoo
Guatemalan Beaded Lizards Hatched in Captivity at Oklahoma City Zooby Joeby Ragpa - Apr. 06, 2022

First successful breeding of critically endangered Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti became a great result of this species ex situ saving program. The hatc...

First Giant Galapagos Tortoises Hatched at “Crocodiles of the World”
First Giant Galapagos Tortoises Hatched at “Crocodiles of the World”by Responsible herpetoculture - Jun. 13, 2021

Great news from one of the British zoos—Crocodiles of the World, where for the first time giant Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) were bred successfu...