ZOO CAREERS: Ron Surratt, Animal Collections Director
Posted in ArticlesRon Surratt has been working with animals for more than 40 years. As the Fort Worth Zoo’s animal collections director, he plays an important role in finding new animals to join the...
View ArticleGood News for Tigers in Asia
Posted in Articles We’ve talked about the jaguar. We’ve talked about the African lion. We’ve talked about the mountain lion. There’s one popular big cat that I haven’t yet talked about on my blog. It...
View ArticleAbout the Tiger
Posted in Animal InformationEducator ResourcesFact Sheets Description The tiger is truly massive, weighing up to 720 pounds with a body length of approximately 6 feet. Its coat is reddish-orange with...
View ArticleSaving the Sumatran Orangutan
Posted in Articles You may be tempted to look at the image above and call this animal a monkey, but you would be incorrect! The orangutan pictured above is an ape. Unlike monkeys, apes do not have...
View ArticleAbout the Sumatran Orangutan
Posted in Animal InformationEducator ResourcesFact Sheets Did you know? There are two species of orangutan: the Sumatran orangutan and the Bornean orangutan. Description Orangutans have shaggy reddish...
View Article“Noddy’s First Day at School – Orangutan Diary”
Posted in Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q_9HH4yhQoWild orangutans may stay with their mothers for up to eight years before they are brave enough to venture off on their own. Without help,...
View ArticleEndangered Species Day 2013
Posted in ArticlesHappy Endangered Species Day! I’m celebrating on my blog by going through some of my past posts and reminding myself (and you!) about the success stories of animals that have...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleAbout 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...
View ArticleElephant Word Search
Posted in Educator ResourcesFun and Learning bull herbivore pachyderm calf herd prehensile cow mammal social elephant matriarchal trunk endangered migratory tusk B P A C H Y D E R M H M V L D H M Z H P...
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