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Celebrating World Bonobo Day

By the Bonobo Care team – Jungle Trails Bonobos are man’s closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of the same DNA. Bonobos share defining primate traits with humans like opposable thumbs, the largest brains [...]

How One Million Seabirds were Lost to “The Blob”

“The Blob” may not sound very intimidating, but to seabirds like the common murre and other animals that depend on the ocean, the threat couldn’t be more potent. Ocean ecosystems exist in a delicate [...]

Prosperity

In my long career as a zookeeper, I have had to say goodbye to many animals that I have loved. As I write this tribute to Prosperity, I am surprised by the realization of [...]