Category: Animals

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Conserving Biodiversity: Part 1

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Join our Director of CCI, Lindsay Rosa, in Montreal at COP15 – the 2022 Convention on Biological Diversity. With over 1 million species at risk of extinction we need to take bold action to conserve biodiversity, and life as we know it, now and for future generations.

Video Transcript:

I’m Dr. Lindsay Rosa, Director of our Center for Conservation Innovation at Defenders of Wildlife here in Montreal, Canada, at COP15, where leaders from all over the world are working together to set targets that will hopefully put us back on track for recovering global biodiversity.

They have their work cut … Continue

Birds Of The World: Humboldt Penguin

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The Humboldt Penguin(Spheniscus humboldti) is classified in the avian order Sphenisciformes and family Spheniscidae. Humboldti refers to Alexander Van Humboldt who was a German naturalist and explorer.

Physical Characteristics

Adult Humboldt Penguins have a blackish back; the belly is white and the upper chest has a horseshoe shaped band that extends down from side to side. There is a bare pink band around the base of the bill which extends around each eye. There is a pale gray band around the bill near the tip. Most of the face is blackish with a white streak that is near the … Continue

Junior Keeper For A Day

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Do you know a young animal lover? Our Junior Zoo Keeper for a Day is the must-do animal experience for them!

The Junior Keeper for a Day experience at ZSL London Zoo is a day where young people (aged 11-15 years) can experience and get a behind the scenes look at what really goes on in a zookeeper’s day at the world’s most famous Zoo. Find out more and book today: zsl.org/experiences/junior-keeper