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Paws on the Ground: Zoos Work Together to Produce a Second Pallas’ Cat Birth through Artificial Insemination

Pallas' cat born at Columbus Zoo (Photo: Amanda Carberry)

For several years, scientists at the Cincinnati Zoo’s Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) have been working to apply reproductive sciences, such as semen freezing and artificial insemination (AI), to [...]

Saving Africa’s Gentle Giants on World Giraffe Day

Wild giraffes (Photo: Wild Nature Institute)

When our young giraffes, Cora and Zoey, were born last summer, visitors would often remark on how small these gangly baby giraffes looked. Imagine calling a six-foot, 150-pound animal small! Giraffes are creatures of [...]

Have Beetles, Will Travel

Co-authored by World of the Insect keepers Mandy Pritchard & Michelle Faehr World of the Insect keepers from the Cincinnati Zoo just returned from a very important mission to the Sandhills of Nebraska. Their [...]