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Know the importance of maintaining genetic diversity during the breeding programs of endangered species in captivity
Learn about the zoological researches undertaken at the Fota Wildlife Park, part of research-led teaching at University College Cork
Learn how zookeepers take care of animals' nutrition, enrichment, and environmental cleaning as well as visitors' education
For Students
zoo summary
Quizzes
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
greylag. Flock of Greylag geese during their winter migration at Bosque del Apache National Refugee, New Mexico. greylag goose (Anser anser)
Biology Bonanza
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids
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Polar bear in a zoo.
Pro and Con: Zoos
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How Many Electoral College Votes Does Each U.S. State Have?
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution
The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

zoo: References & Edit History

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - What Is the Zoo Experience? How Zoos Impact a Visitor’s Behaviors, Perceptions, and Conservation Efforts. Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Zoo. Aug 30, 2021
Article revised and updated. Feb 05, 2020
Media added. Mar 24, 2017
Added video. Sep 02, 2015
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Zoo. May 26, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Friendly Persuasion. May 25, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Friendly Persuasion. May 25, 2014
Added image of Jack Hanna and a giraffe. Apr 01, 2010
Media added. Apr 22, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Zoo. May 29, 2008
Media added. Sep 25, 2007
Article revised. May 17, 2002
Article revised. Feb 15, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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