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Tiny Backpacks on Small Owls Helps Conservation
Conservationists working with the San Diego Zoo Global Institute of Conservation Research are using pint-size data tracking systems to monitor the movements and social systems of burrowing owls in San...
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My, What Big Ears You Have!
Unlike that conniving wolf, the ears on these nine animals truly are “all the better to hear you with, my dear.” Besides their gumdrop nose and teddy bear body shape, koalas have highly sensitive ears...
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Appreciating Ecosystem-enhancing Engineers: Ground Squirrels
Darting and dodging, they swiftly avoid hazards, like cars and predators, with surefire grace and boundless courage. With its roster of alarm calls and defensive moves, the nose twitching, tail...
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Burrowing Owl Cam Update
Those of you who have been watching our Burrowing Owl Cam may have noticed a change in the number of eggs in the burrow. This female laid her first egg on April 2. Unfortunately, she broke that egg...
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San Diego Zoo Global Launches Online Citizen Science Conservation Program for...
Wildwatch Burrowing Owl Invites the Public to Help with Crucial Wildlife Research After two years of success with an online “crowdsourcing” effort to help track giraffes in Kenya, San Diego Zoo Global...
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What’s in Your Backyard?
While most of us are tucked in our beds tossing and dreaming, some animals rouse from their slumber and slip into the night to find food, mates, or both. The cover of darkness is useful in dodging...
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