The Zoo’s three pandas, here Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, require a constant supply of bamboo, a plant that is not very nutritious, especially for animals, like pandas, that are natural carnivores. Jessie ...

UC Davis Veterinary Medicine students share a moment with their canine friends during a break outside Scrubs Cafe on May 3, 2023. (UC Davis) Considering a career working with animals? While the most ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...

AND FUN AT OUR THEME PARKS. SOME PLAY A BIG ROLE IN CONSERVATION AND HELPING ENDANGERED ANIMALS. WESH 2 NEWS CHRISTINA WATKINS GOT AN EXCLUSIVE BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT WHAT IT TAKES TO CARE FOR AND ...

Mealworms need a minimum level of protein to grow and become a sustainable food source, according to a new study that challenges the myth that insects have superpowers of taking plastic waste and ...

“A chimpanzee being held in a Brazzaville zoo was emaciated, hairless, and half blind because he was not receiving adequate nutrition. I put together a group of expatriates, employed some keepers, and ...

Ben Swan There are probably many things that make animal nutritionist Richard Patton cringe, but the worst ones are likely a staple in your kitchen cupboard and especially in your pet's kibbles: ...

At 5 a.m., six keepers file into the Houston Zoo's commissary kitchen and spend the next five hours chopping produce, portioning meat and weighing hay. By the time the rest of the zoo staff arrives, ...