Snow leopards are one of the most mysterious large animals on earth. This is in large part due to their existence in one of the most remote and hostile environments on the planet – the gigantic mountain ranges of Asia. Largely … Continued
One of the biggest threats to wildlife around the world is illegal wildlife trafficking. Being illegal, much of the trade naturally occurs in secret, so it is notoriously difficult to track the enormity of the scale of this scourge. However, … Continued
Happy World Hamster Day! Some of you may remember that back in 2023 I wrote about a new emergency project Zoo New England was going to support. This was a project aimed at captive breeding and reintroduction of the once … Continued
If you’ve been to Stone Zoo, you’re probably familiar with our northern white-cheeked gibbon troop, comprised of Mom Iggy, Dad Kien, and offspring Jian and Trieu. Although they look very similar to monkeys, gibbons are, in fact, apes, just like … Continued
I have to start this story a ways back – roughly 50 million years ago, when the land mass we now call India experienced the equivalent of an extremely slow-motion car crash into the continent of Asia. That crash – … Continued