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Cool job alert! What’s it like working with tigers at the National Zoo?
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax talks with animal keeper Charlie Shaw, who cares for big cats at the National Zoo, about the vital ...
These zookeepers come face to face with the jungle’s most ferocious cat on the daily
WTOP’s Matt Kaufax talks with animal keeper Charlie Shaw, who cares for big cats at the National Zoo, about the vital ...
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Polish zoo celebrates the birth of 4 Sumatran tigers, a critically endangered species
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish zoo is celebrating the arrival of four Sumatran tiger cubs, announcing their birth Friday after keeping it a closely guarded secret for weeks out of fear they may not ...
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After years of silence, Indonesia moves to assess its iconic wildlife
Indonesia, one of the most biodiverse nations on Earth, appears to be gearing up to renew official estimates of its remaining ...
Wild Orangutans Display Language Complexity Once Thought Uniquely Human
Wild orangutans use multi-layered recursive vocal patterns that vary with danger, challenging the idea that only humans use ...
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New monkey species found hiding in plain sight
Nineteenth-century records classified Raffles’ banded langurs as a subspecies of banded langurs, Presbytis femoralis, along with two other primates: the East Sumatran banded langur and the ...
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Jaguar cubs, tiger among Waco zoo's newest additions
Another newcomer to the zoo is Kucing, a male Sumatran tiger. The zoo got him from San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park in October, a month before his first birthday. Kucing has previously been on ...