Animal Spotlight: Bouncing Baby Bettong
Don’t let its rodent-like appearance fool you, this creature is a macropod (Greek for “large footed”), a group that includes kangaroos and wallabies.
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Animals
News in the Zoo, July 2021
This year, a total of ten California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) chicks hatched at the L.A. Zoo and two additional chicks hatched at other facilities—one at the Oregon Zoo and the other at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey in Idaho.
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Night Shift
Butterflies may be more popular with people, but their nocturnal cousins are prime pollinators.
Bird-ify Your Garden, Yard, or Balcony
Finding feathered friends is easy—learn how to invite them to visit you.
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News in the Zoo – May 2021
Dragons in the house, frogs hop into breeding season, and spring is in the air at the Avian Conservation Center.
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Springing Into Action
Brumation is essentially the reptilian/amphibian version of hibernation. It is a way of conserving energy when temperatures are too low for these ectothermic animals, who depend on adequate ambient heat, to reach optimal body temperatures for them to digest food.
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