Three Cheetah cubs were born to female, Uria and male, Jack in July at the UK’s Colchester Zoo. Male Cheetah, Jack, joined the Colchester Zoo’s collection in March 2011 to pair with Colchester’s resident female Uria on a recommendation from the EEP breeding co-ordinator for this species, which has resulted in a successful mating and birth of three healthy cubs — via ZooBorns
Federal authorities have begun quarantining properties in Victoria amid fears a deadly pigeon virus could spread to other birds.
The Agriculture Department is monitoring an outbreak of the avian paramyxo virus, which has been detected for the first time in Australia, among pigeons.
The virus has already started killing some hobby birds, and threatens to spread to Victoria’s chicken population — via redwolf.newsvine.com
On 3 June, one tiny Jaguar cub was welcomed into the world by The Philadelphia Zoo. Kanga, the Zoo’s 10 year-old female, is the mother. The baby is the first offspring for Jutai, the Zoo’s 7-year-old male jaguar, who came to the Philadelphia Zoo in 2007 after being rescued as an orphan in Belize — via ZooBorns
Animal shelters will be placed under further pressure if the importation of silver foxes as an exotic domestic pet is permitted, the RSPCA has warned.
There are more than 30 million feral red foxes in Australia and the RSPCA has joined a chorus of criticism of an application to the federal government to import silver foxes.
The rationale for importing the silver fox to Australia is simple: a new sort of unique pet. Foxes can have all the friendliness of a dog with the independence of a cat. Like a dog is not a wolf, the silver fox is not a wild fox, though they are the same species,
the application from an unnamed person in NSW says — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Recently confirmed to be one male and one female, the nearly 8-week-old Sumatran Tiger cubs at Zoo Atlanta have been named Sohni (female) and Sanjiv (male). The cubs’ sexes were determined during a veterinary checkup on 17 August — via ZooBorns
A herd of bison in a valley in the northwestern region of Yellowstone National Park — via Boing Boing
The Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium’s 2-month-old Clouded Leopard cubs born 14 June are growing up fast and struttin’ their stuff in pictures taken Friday. Point Defiance Zoo is one of only three zoos in the country breeding endangered Clouded Leopards, along with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and The Nashville Zoo — via ZooBorns
Tracy Widdess, from Brutal Knitting, made another amazing balaclava; this one looks like a boar’s head!
For, y’know, when your face is cold and you wanna look more like a boar — via CRAFT
A group of sand lizards — one of Britain’s rarest reptiles — are being released back into the wild.
Once commonly found on dunes and heathland, the reptiles became endangered after the gradual destruction of their habitats.
But 46 lizards, reared at Chester Zoo, will soon be returned to their native habitats in Ynyslas, near Aberystwyth.
The zoo said they had become extinct in Wales 60 years ago — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Late Friday night, Amsterdam’s Atris Zoo welcomed its third baby Giant Anteater. The delivery took a little over an hour, after which the baby climbed on the back of its mother, where it will spend the better part of its first year of anteater life. The young are almost invisible to predators on their mothers’ backs, as the stripes of mother and baby naturally blend together.
Giant Anteaters have a remarkably long snout, a 60 inch tongue and long claws on the forelegs. The gestation period of the great anteater is about six months — via ZooBorns
They’re loud, hang around in gangs, rise late, pair up for life, can be a nuisance and an entertainment and often outlive their human owners when kept as pets — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Set of 3 commissioned sculptures, an octopus, nautilus, and cuttlefish. Bodies are sculpted in polymer clay, clockwork is real watch and clock pieces sealed under clear resin. Bases are stained wood with a brass rod support — via deviantART
A pouncing pair of Snow Leopard cubs recently appeared on the scene in their main enclosure at the Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire, England. And they’ve just gotten a check up by the vets! Born in June, they are yet to be named.
Parents Suou and Irma arrived at Twycross in May 2010 as part of the international breeding program. The birth of the cubs is a significant contribution to the conservation of Snow Leopards which are currently listed as endangered — via ZooBorns
A protection area is being expanded in upper Spencer Gulf in South Australia for giant cuttlefish.
Critically low numbers had been found this season.
In the past there had been more than 250,000 cuttlefish but this year’s count was just 25,000.
Scientists are trying to find a reason — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via chainsawsuit
Originally created for my Crooked Critters
show, Sol
had been on loan to Fly Bird store in Oak Park, IL. for a while but is now ready for the taking! This guy is ready to light up your life with the two plastic candlestick lights within it’s grasp. Love octopi? Have a nautical themed home? Interested in unique home lighting? Sol can certainly illuminate your home all year long… even during those long winter days when the sun never lasts as long as we’d like. This piece is fitted with a coded electrical cord. The maximum bulb wattage that can be used is 50w — via Etsy
And there’s a tutorial as well — via Dabbled
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