A Peek Inside KAZA
Posted in Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYu34httJuE&feature=player_embeddedThis video by the Peace Parks Foundation takes you on a journey to Africa, where you can watch as leaders from...
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Lemurs in Trouble
Posted in Articles If you haven’t seen the Fort Worth Zoo’s herpetarium, also known as the Museum of Living Art (MOLA), then you need to plan a visit! Opened in 2010, this exhibit is filled with...
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African Lions in Trouble
Posted in Articles The lion is known as the “king of the jungle,” but did you know that this big cat doesn’t actually live in the jungle? It would be more accurate to call this fierce predator the...
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About the African Lion
Posted in Animal InformationEducator ResourcesFact Sheets Description Weighing more than 400 pounds with a body length of 9 feet (and up to 3 feet of tail length), the male lion is a fierce predator....
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Where in the World are African Lions?
Posted in Educator ResourcesFun and Learning Due to growing human populations, trophy hunting and disease, populations of African lions are shrinking. In the 1960s African lions covered a large range...
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Posted in Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F72I8KmxwIApproximately 2,000 African lions are all that remain in Kenya. Watch this video to learn about a conservation project underway in Kenya that is...
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Meet the Madagascar Crested Ibis
Posted in Articles (Photo Credit: Tambako the Jaguar) Ibises are birds with long legs and slender, curved beaks. They are relatives of storks and spoonbills. The bill of an ibis is perfectly adapted...
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About the Madagascar Crested Ibis
Posted in Animal InformationEducator ResourcesFact Sheets (Photo Credit: H. Haefker) Description Plumage is mostly reddish-brown, with the exception of yellow and iridescent green feathers on the...
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My Elephant Neighbor
Posted in ArticlesIn March 2012 I wrote a blog about the International Elephant Foundation’s work to save Asian elephants in Sumatra. Today we’re looking west to the other continent where wild...
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About the African Elephant
Posted in Animal InformationEducator ResourcesFact Sheets (Photo Credit: Vaughan Leiberum) Description The African elephant is the world’s largest land mammal – even larger than the Asian elephant. A...
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