Tag: endangered species

• Good Luck Tai Shan!

  

  They’re unique and extraordinary animals and the world would be poorer without them [on giant pandas] -David Suchet Tai Shan, the beloved four and a half year-old resident of the National Zoo in Washington D.C. has finally arrived in China where he will be part of a panda breeding program at Wolong’s Bifengxia Panda base…

  Perla Copernik

  February 6, 2010

  Conservation, Nature, photography, wildlife, Winter, Zoo

  bear, Conservation, endangered species, Giant Pandas, Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, Tai Shan, Zoo

• The Changing role of zoos – Part 2

  

  From all the definitions of habitat I’ve heard or read about, the one that I agree the most is provided by Janine Benyus in the wonderful book, The Secret Language and Remarkable Behavior of Animals, according to her “A habitat is a place where an animal finds what it needs to survive.More than a geographical…

  Perla Copernik

  September 14, 2009

  Conservation, photography, wildlife, Zoo

  animal photography, Conservation, endangered species, wildlife, zoos

• All About Frogs

  

  These wonderful, super cute creatures have been around for almost 300 million years if not more. We are so used to see them jumping, swimming, walking in the middle of the highway that we take them for granted. We think, sure there are always going to be frogs!! Well, not really! Recent discoveries are shocking:…

  Perla Copernik

  August 25, 2009

  photography, wildlife

  amphibians, endangered species, Frogs, photography