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November 13, 2017
The diagnosis isn’t difficult to make. I’m looking through a microscope at a specially stained tissue section, and innumerable bright pink bacteria stand out sharply against the blue-stained background...
November 13, 2017
Historically, aviation and aeronautics have been important ‘tools’ for wildlife biologists. In the most basic sense, taking a small bush plane as transport to a remote field location has long afforded...
November 13, 2017
One way we’re working to conserve our rare plant populations is through seed bulking, also known as seed increase. Simply put, this is collecting seeds from a target wild population of plants and growing...
November 08, 2017
The six southern white rhino females, brought to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to live at the newly constructed Rhino Rescue Center (RRC), and I have a lot in common – and nothing at all. The differences are...
November 07, 2017
If you’re from the Western U.S. and have a dog, you’ve probably heard of “fox tails.” This is a generic term referring to a number of species of spiky grasses. You wouldn’t think a...
November 02, 2017
Working with camera traps in humid environments is often really neat but it’s sometimes frustrating, because the humidity eventually affects the electronic components of the cameras, causing malfunctions....
October 25, 2017
A year ago, we were saddened by the death of our beloved 10-year-old cheetah, Teensey. Our veterinarians made the tough decision to euthanize Teensey after she was hospitalized for several days from a severe...
October 23, 2017
The first thing I notice when Dr. Barbara Durrant rushes into the lab are her earrings. A shiny okapi is dangling from each ear. The average person would likely be unaware of the okapi’s existence much less...
October 23, 2017
Reintroducing endangered animals back to the wild is a difficult task, especially when they are a tiny prey species, and once in the wild they are viewed as snacks. Endangered Pacific pocket mice (PPM) are no...
October 19, 2017
When San Diego Zoo global first announced the Northern White Rhino initiative, I was very excited to be involved in the program. As part of the Reproductive Sciences team, I work mainly with gametes (sperm and eggs...
