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Learning from nature

The most dangerous snake?

Fun with your rabbit (or guinea pig)

Did you know that...

On the bookshelf

Eating poison to get a date

How crocodiles hunt

Dressing up for science

Bling for a magpie

Bling for a magpie

On the bookshelf

Dusky pademelons

Fatherless eagle ray

Cheetah sextuplets

Drone to protect rhinos

Hunting with a pH sensor

Sweet (or summer) itch

On the bookshelf

Sniffing out cancer

World-famous marmot

Primate culture

Fear of heights

Fear of heights

Fish-eating spiders

Gigantic piddle

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Evaluating horses' pain

You've got the looks

Parrots and parakeets protected

No-stress foaling

Seeking owner-app

On the bookshelf

Carbon monoxide

On the bookshelf

Eat fatty foods but stay slim

Mara on the Pampa

Why do animals kill their young?

Sea cow shipped out

(Not) scared to go out

On the bookshelf

Renovated outdoor enclosure

Thirsty sea snakes

Communicating by bacteria

Social stress unhealthy?

On the bookshelf

Why not read the cat

Parrot hatched from taped egg

Teenager leaves home

Empathetic elephants

Black and rufous elephant shrew at Blijdorp zoo

Early tortoise eggs

On the bookshelf

Matching smells

A future with giant rats?

The mystery of the V-formation

New jaguar enclosure

Large gorilla troop

Small koala, deep voice

Rhinoceroses chipped

Professor of human-animal studies

Renovation of the Bear Forest

Communication through colour

Puts herself in their place

Brazilian three-banded armadillo

On the bookshelf

Hippos and crocodiles

The way to a pet’s heart is through the stomach

On the bookshelf

Birds during a storm

Milk for pandas

From problem child to model mother

On the bookshelf

Himalayan monal

Well-developed brain

Weighty welfare problems

Rapid maturation

Emergency drill with Cape buffalo

Animal weigh-in

An apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Cockatoo breaks lock code

On the bookshelf

Strutting like a peacock

Zebra shark birth

Rhinoceros foot pathology

On the bookshelf

Planckendael Cinereous Vulture

Will work for food

Rabbits under anaesthesia

Tweeting badger

Second-hand smoke: harmful

Showing off for nothing

Gulls and humans

On the bookshelf

Paternity testing in rays

Jamaican iguanas

On the bookshelf

Corsac fox switch

An app for that zoo

Cannibalism in utero

On the bookshelf

Bear brain surgery

Gorilla Adventure

Animal self-medication

Animal lives saved

Smallest bird species

Smelling in stereo

On the bookshelf

Puzzles just for fun

Giant anteaters with spring fever

On the bookshelf

Cockroach cleanliness

Fine collaboration

Camouflaged eggs

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Shark embryos keep still

Watching dogs watch

Animal navigation systems

On the bookshelf

Christmas trees at the zoo

Clever Eurasian jays

White-headed marmosets in the Primate House

What is a ball?

Unusual urination in turtle: through the mouth

City grasshoppers and country grasshoppers

First male, then female

Riot shields at the zoo

Lizard's new tail

Yellow mongooses meet lions

Hard life for female Komodo dragon

Sustainable herring for sea lions

Crab-eating macaque shipped out

On the bookshelf

Crocodiles are sensitive animals

Brownbanded bamboo shark

Montserrat oriole

Mangalitsa pigs in Almere

On the bookshelf

Genes against altitude sickness

Breeding eagle rays

On the bookshelf

Largest freshwater fish

Ploughshare tortoises

How does a manta foetus breathe?

Young gorillas dismantle a trap

Parrots can use logic

Cheetah world record sprint

Monkey Tree Top Trail

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Caring properly for care animals

On the bookshelf

On the bookshelf

Dutch Cell Dogs

Great Ape Heart Project

Tanja the hippo is back

Elephant underpass

Tuatara cuts up its food

Rewilding Europe

Rubbish chicken

Blotches reveal age

Bears heal during hibernation

Orangutan nests

Gluten intolerance in horses

Bumblebee gecko

Philippine spotted deer

Summer course: Husbandry of rescued primates

Blacktip reef shark

Largest conservation area in the world

Webcams in shelter

Tibetan macaque twins

Marabou stork chicks

Turtle hatchling highways

The 'why' of zebra stripes

Dogs react to communication like children

Animal Friendships

Live-bearing lizard mates

Imitation of an imitation

Shiny bird breast

Colour predicts toxicity

Orangutans as a model for humans

Enormous growth

Orangutans as a model for humans

Relation of placenta to gestation period

Monk vulture released

Enrichment for rabbits

Asian elephant is a true social networker

Crested cariama

Meerkat recognises voices

Lisbon Oceanarium

Muriqui male is mama's boy

Inbreeding is no problem for the Iberian lynx

Children and dogs

Website on genetic deviations

Animals feel earthquake coming

Warm hibernation

Be careful with medications

Can giraffes float?

Fish feed processing (II)

Endangered Tarictic Hornbills bear young

Sleepy bees are sloppy dancers

Feed intake by fish (I)

Swimming orangutans

Obesity in lemurs

Hand-rearing wallabies and kangaroos

Roti Island snake-necked turtle

Overweight animals

Cheetahs at Whipsnade Zoo

Scabies in alpacas

Eew de Toilette

Functional morphology of fish

Drongos: Maestros of Mimicry

Zoonosis and pets

Bear Sanctuary Arbesbach

'Mosquito nets' protect against parasites

Ewe relieves lamb's pain

Zoonosis: Where are you at risk?

Proboscis monkeys ruminate

Three-striped box turtle

Zoonosis: who is at risk?

Bees in the city

Parasites in rats

Southern Cassowary

Empathy in chickens

Millions of species

Horses and flies

Bears: Health and Management

Cultural behaviour

Parrot nutrition and health

Color vision in sharks

EZNC and Jagran

Fish Versus Mammal

People-watching

Rare Batagur Turtles Born

Rabbits' Gnawing Needs

Plants for Enrichment

EAZA Ape Campaign

Tadpoles from the Freezer

Effects of Mercury on Ibis Behaviour

Gene mutation makes panda plant eater

Sheds for horses

Spider deceived

Bears are preparing for winter

Remarkable boas

Horn sharks hatched

Dogs recognize their owner's face

Australian Brush-turkey

Evolution in progress

LED lighting in Zoo

Monolopy on coconuts

Why lions roar and cats miaow

Panda born in Viennese zoo

Bowerbird creates an illusion

Good vibrations

Gesturing in orangutans

Invisible sharks

Recall action mice

Family planning in chimps

Perfume for big cats

Life expectancy and obedience

Obesity in rats

Pipefish selection

Elephant intelligence

Blanched lizzards

Parthenogenesis in sharks

Internal TomTom

Cranes in England

Are frogs pussies?

The strongest insect on the planet

The secret language of elephants

Half rooster, half hen

Mobile shelters

Spring cleaning

AI

Recognition hormone

Abstinence makes for bluer feet

Babysitting services with sperm whales

Quick species development

Are monkeys smart?

Monkey friends on a picture

Google and animals

Pygmy hippopotamus

The vision of a hammerhead shark

Macaque grandmas and grandchildren

No health gains from organic farm feed

Pizzly or grolar bear

Striking strawberry poison frog

Sleeping like a leaf

Nutrition during moulting

Remarkable shark births

Bird navigation

Learning about predators in the egg

Veiled chameleons

Voting system in Hamadryas baboons

European wild horse

Cancer therapy in dogs and cats

An audacious sheep...

Shark sanctuary

Late hedgehog babies grow faster

Shrinking polar bears

New animal species in the Himalayas

Making friends through imitation

Spanish ribbed newt

Coral in the aquarium

The imagination of the dog owner

Black rhinoceroses fly towards their freedom

Beavers in Scotland

Passing on social status

Less stress with empathic training

Ten new amphibian species

Environmentally friendly sunbathing

Madagascar radiated tortoise

Gentoo penguins

Baby gorilla and tiger saved

Private beach for bird

Deadly bite Komodo dragon

Tendon injuries in horses

Reproduction in Asian elephants

Seeking the best horse groups

Diversity in the zoo

Attractive red mark

Dogs and their masters

Horses domesticated for 5500 years

Mexican beaded lizards

Butterflies migrate by car

Singing zebra finches

Rock-throwing macaques

Unexpected and yet begotten...

Housing the poison dart frog

Manatees in Gabon

Grey nurse sharks endangered

Feeding young poison dart frogs

Live birth of elephants

How horses recognise each other

Behaviour of the poison dart frog

Fishes' own taste

Wet nose for better smell

Feed of the poison dart frog

Iberian lynxes released back into the wild

Female monkeys 'chat' more than male monkeys

Color of tropical fishes

Rabbits on YouTube

Effect of feed on feather pecking

Giant turtles trained to climb scales

Moles blind by birth

Competition amongst predators

Protecting birds of prey

Hereditary factor sweet itch

Scientific view on animal welfare

Comforting reduces stress

Meat, but fish as well

Protein in the feed of tortoises

Lion-tailed macaques born in Blijdorp

Feed bantam cock chicks

Swapping Giraffes

Fiber in tortoise feed

Special Chameleon

Moving to South-Africa

Tricky Wall Barley

The End of the Bee?

Time and place linked in biological clock

Feed and diabetes in degus

Shocking fall of Sharks in the Mediterranean Sea

Return of the Rhino in Indian park

Black Howler Monkeys

Warm meal for apes?

Treats for the chinchilla

Frogs well-off due to nature friendly bank control

Vitamin D, Ca and P in Chinchilla feed

Baby Humboldt Penguin in Antwerp Zoo

More Tigers in Captivity

Jelly for Starfishes

Seal Relief Centre in Canada

African Buffalo Twins

Flamingo visits Texel

Feeding chickens

Octopus Romance

Cooperating nature reserves are helping both man and gorilla

Feeding dwarf hamsters (in captivity)

Rare hornbill in Avifauna

Male Company for Japanese Serow

New moth discovered

Right feed for the elderly pet

Montagu's harrier sleeping-place

New mammal discovered

Dwarf Hamster Feed

Pig-out thanks to a second aorta

Okopipis in Rotterdam Zoo

Mammals that lay eggs

Year of the frog

Birds fifty years from now

Turtles on the wild coast

Hibernation and winter rest

25 Konik horses to Latvia

10 millionth tree for mountain gorillas

Red Ruffed Lemurs in Frisia

Chocolate poisoning

Genetic Antagonism in Red Deer

Agriculture and Fisheries Council

Oldest animal on earth?

Primate problems

Goldfish Playing Soccer

Ants Count Their Steps

Cooling stripes

Elephants afraid of bees

Watch out! Poisonous

New godwit migration record

Tigers in India

Biting technique moray eel

Sex in exchange for fruit

EAZA conference in Poland

African national parks supported by nature conservancies

Obesity in pets

Seahorse reproduction

Do frightened guppies live longer?

Clever orang-utans surprises primatologists

Macleay's Spectre Stick Insects (Extatosoma tiaratum)

Results CITES-conference please minister Verburg

Feed for amphibian larvae

Sooty shearwater

Frightened rabbits cause variation in the vegetation

Released panda died

Background noise affects sea mammals

Gorilla Bokito escapes

Nutritional and Behavioral Effects of Gorge and Fast Feeding in Captive Lions

Annual and seasonal trends in the use of garden feeders by birds in winter

Nutritional and Behavioral Effects of Gorge and Fast Feeding in Captive Lions

Annual and seasonal trends in the use of garden feeders by birds in winter

Diet of the Humboldt penguin in northern and southern Chile

Acid-insoluble ash as a measure of dry matter digestibility in captive African elephants

Ducks better off without bread

Galapagos Islands in danger

The Wildlife Information Network

Transport of horses in Benelux more flexible

Gencorn provender at Dutch farms

Migratory behaviour of captive white-crowned sparrows

Growth and feed efficiency ratio of juvenile spotted wolffish

The Wildlife Information Network

Body mass dynamic in Eurasian lynx kittens during lactation

Enzymatic activity of lipase in post-metamorphic phase bullfrogs

Monkey business Emmen baboons

Part of BSE tests proofs unreliable

Feeding racoons

Feeding strategy and feeding methods

The dental troubles of dogs

Estimation of daily energetic requirements in young scalloped hammerhead sharks

Noise, predation risk compensation and vigilance in the chaffinch

Differences in Bone Mineral Content and Density between Male and Female Budgerigars during the Non-reproductive Season

Future Directions in Reptile Medical Education

Koalas become lesbian in captivity

Animal Protection wishes animal friendly World Trade Agreement

Feeding birds of prey

Feeding Kookaburra

Government policy statement concerning animals

Diet and feeding behaviour of Kyphosus spp. in a Brazilian subtropical reef

High-fat intake by ponies reduces both apparent digestibility of dietary cellulose and cellulose fermentation by isolated caecal contents

Influence of nutrition on the quality of semen in Jaguars

Diet of the black-headed heron

Burgers Zoo best visited zoo of the Netherlands in 2006

Ban on selling dogs and cats in Belgian shops

Nutrients for parrots

Nutritional Requirements and Diet Choices of the Pygmy Rabbit

Habitat preferences of lesser rheas in Argentine Patagonia

The Origins of Egg Eating in Snakes

Parasites dominate food web links

Investigation into porpoises washed ashore

Animal trade over the internet

What do camels and dromedaries eat?

Tables of Composition and Nutritional Value of Feed Materials

A Note on the Activity Cycle of Captive White-Fronted Lemurs

Hematocrit and blood chemistry values in hornbills

Female Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) during Winter

Locomotion and foraging strategy in foot-propelled and wing-propelled shallow-diving seabirds

Body mass and composition responses to short-term low energy intake are seasonally dependent in Steller sea lions

Effect of male number and clan cohesion on feeding success in hamadryas baboons

Venomous snakes

Chocolate poisoning

Elephants from Bronx Zoo observe themselves in the mirror

Review wild bird ban

New deals in Dutch animal food chain

Changes in Llama Milk Composition During Lactation

Diet influences life span in parrots (Psittaciformes)

Dietary constraints upon reproduction in an obligate pollen- and nectar-feeding marsupial

Characterisation and quantification of the microbial populations of the rumen

Goldfish bowls destroyed in garden centre

Feeding Sugar gliders

WAZA and Migratory Species Convention conclude partnership agreement

Cattle ought to be fed more often

Behavioral profiles of the captive juvenile whooping crane as an indicator of post-release survival

Energy supply of the okapi in captivity

Husbandry and breeding of the Dibbler

Nutritional ecology of elephants

Rotterdam Zoo breeds own corals

Herbivorous lizards

Views on future environmental improvement

Digestibility and roughage intake in a group of captive giraffes

Using mortality and reproduction data to evaluate captive penguin nutrition

Lipid storage in marine zooplankton

Effects of artificial foods on the blood chemistry of the Australian magpie

Silvery Marmoset born in Wissel Zoo

The feed of prairie dogs

Red squirrel sensitive to gray squirrel virus

Prehistorical mystery solved

American organisation donates on the condition that China stop killing dogs

Nutritional management of Great grey shrikes

Composition and Nutritional Characteristics of Fungi Consumed by Callimico goeldii in Pando, Bolivia

Prehistorisch mysterie opgelost

Assessment of body condition in Asian elephants

Factors affecting herbivory

Total Plasma Protein and Renesting by Greater Sage-Grouse

How a mega-grazer copes with the dry season

WAZA launches Virtual Zoo

European embargo ostriches South Africa

Red tail parrots threatened with extinction

Feeding of Rabbits

Feeding rainbow fishes

Escape prairie dogs Emmen Zoo

Total Plasma Protein and Renesting by Greater Sage-Grouse

How a mega-grazer copes with the dry season

Localised defecation sites:

Forage fibre digestion

Orang-utans online

The vitamin C status of camels

Essential polyunsaturated fatty acids

Behavioural research

Recent changes in body weight and wing length among passerine birds

The effect of diet on the mammalian gut flora and its metabolic activities

Recent changes in body weight and wing length among passerine birds

Coprophagy in a cave-adapted salamander; the importance of bat guano

The role of taste in food selection by African apes

New manager for EAZA executive office

Gene bank for authentic trees and bushes

Feeding Elephants

Special recommendations for strict carnivores

Environmental improvement

Gut length and mass in herbivorous and carnivorous prickleback fishes

Seasonal, sexual and anatomical variability in the adipose tissue of polar bears

Ontogenetic Diet Shifts and Digestive Constraints in the Omnivorous Freshwater Turtle

Carbohydrate, fat, and protein composition of whole produce

Breeding of sole to become a new economic sector in Zeeland, the Netherlands

Feeding European mink

Comparative Avian Nutrition

Seed Swallowing in Tamarins

Implantation and development of the gut flora in the newborn animal

Importance of the wasting syndrome complex in captive moose (Alces alces)

Threeway interactions between Acacia, large mammalian herbivores and bruchid beetles

Managing Our Wildlife Resources

Optimizing diets in Zodiac Zoos

Pasture birds protected, foxes outlawed

Equine nutrition

Healthy parrots

Gastro-Intestinal transit time in South American deer

Locomotion, Posture, and Feeding Behavior of Kinkajous, Coatis, and Raccoons

Gastro-Intestinal transit time in South American deer

Copper Resistance of Tilapia Larvae

Locomotion, Posture, and Feeding Behavior of Kinkajous, Coatis, and Raccoons

New minister Agriculture Japan

WNF Ranger campaign: Save the shark

Food and Health

Keeping Barbels busy

Investigations in pet birds (Agapornis spp.) fed different vitamin K3 contents in the diet

Apparent digestibility of macro-nutrients in captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Diet selection and foraging ecology in Macropodidae (Kangaroos)

Regulation of food intake

Discovery virgin ecosystem

Coeliac Disease in Callitrichids

Energy demands reptiles

Disinfectant mats at airports

Weight Problem Cats and Dogs

Animal welfare action plan 2006-2010

The digestive tract and life history of small mammals

Foraging patterns of capybaras in a seasonally flooded savanna of Venezuela

New DNA Study on the Origin of Cats

Insects in the feed

Raincoast Buys Hunting Rights

No Promotion Activities King Kong

Bilateral Trade Agreement between the United States and Taiwan little chance as yet

Feeding Babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa) in captivity

White monkey syndrome in infant baboons (Papio species)

Screening of yeasts as probiotic based on capacities to colonize the gastrointestinal tract and to protect against enteropathogen challenge in mice

Killer appetites

Food hardness and feeding behaviour in old world fruit bats (pteropodidae)

Serum concentrations of vitamin D metabolites

Shellshock Campaign

The Rat; Omnivore or Herbivore

Nutrition in Tropical Aquaculture

Zoo Labyrinth Boekelo

Respiration rate of hepatocytes varies with body mass in birds

Survey of stereotypic behavior in prosimians

Monkey Business

Optimal nutrition for athletic performance, with emphasis on fat adaptation in dogs and horses

Apparent Calcium Absorption in Growing Dogs of Two Different Sizes

De Rat; omnivoor of herbivoor?

The new rage: Date-a-dog!

Minister to defend government's agricultural policy

Actions against bird flu for exotic bird species in Europe

Policy Unity Agrarian Women

Hibernation of Tortoises

Feeding Dwarf Gourami

Histidine nutrition and genotype affect cataract development in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.

Influence of calcium offered to leopard tortoises

Zoo Animal Nutrition Tables and Guidelines

Behavioral preferences for bamboo

What do I feed my Lovebird?

Education Award for Emmen Zoo

Law to protect pets during an evacuation in America

Keeping a Myna as pet

Spain to accept cut in Agricultural Spending

Nutritional status of juvenile Komodo monitors

Diet and nutrition in wild mongoose lemurs

Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves

Record onrush agriculture environment administration

Hippopotamus threatened with extinction

Rare tiger died in South Africa

Norwegian Minister wants to make concessions in agriculture

Giant Panda twins in Adventure World

Health characteristics of the grass parakeet.

The behaviour of guinea pigs

´Breeding food animals; live food for vivarium animals.´

Growth of rodents in response to dietary nitrogen

Preferences of browse offered to Colobus monkeys

Breeding food animals; live food for vivarium animals.

Temporal patterns of crop raiding by elephants:

Life of marsupials

Artis has an elephants child!

Animals are also too thick!

Determination of Nutritional Value of Some Legume and Grasses

Nutrition and feed management in the ostrich (Struthio camelus var. domesticus)

Varanoid lizards of the world

Feeding habits of the Mediterranean green crab

Infectious respiratory disease in rodents

Birds in Europe; population estimates, trends and conservation status

The best place for a canary bird

Rickets in the Berberskink

Dietary acquisition of photoprotective compounds (mycosporine-like amino acids,carotenoids) and acclimation to ultraviolet radiation in a freshwater copepod

Feeding in dominant Antarctic copepodsdoes the morphology of the mandibular gnathobases relate to diet?

Hemochromatis in fruit-eating birds

New Blueprint for Zoos and Aquariums Conservation

New format of EAZA News

Temporal patterns of crop raiding by elephants

Determinants of macrophyte palatability to the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Livestock Feed Table 2004-2005

Animals get legal status in France

Slaughter of Irish cows refused

Marine Zoo in Barcelona

New web application in Belgium for laboratory results

Nutrient-Specific Foraging in Invertebrate Predators

Nectarivorous birds and their sugary and watery diet?

Tannin-binding salivary proteins in three captive rhinoceros species

Resource limitation, predation risk and compensatory growth in a damselfly

Hand-raising a dik-dik antelope

Jackal (Canis Aureus) feeding on artificial food made of wheat grains in Thar Desert

Haematological and biochemical parameters of Rocky Mountain goats

Second breeding centre for Asia's vanishing vultures

Hand-raising a dik-dik antelope

Myocardial necrosis in a captive binturong (Arctictis binturong)

An animal-as-client (AAC) theory for zoo exhibit design

Fourth European Zoo Nutrition Conference