Research (page 4) - ZooReviews

Research

News and information bout research projects led by zoological facilities in North and South America

A scimitar-horned oryx standing in a grassy paddock

Conservation Projects

Eighteen Oryx in Virginia, and Why They Matter

Mr Zoo News

An adult African lion lies in grass in an outdoor habitat, looking toward the camera.

Conservation Projects

Inside the Lab Rewriting Lion Fertility Science

September 4, 2026

An elkhorn coral colony photographed at night, its thick tan branches releasing pale spawn bundles that drift upward through dark water.

Conservation Projects

Florida Aquarium Banks 61,000 Elkhorn Coral Larvae

A black-and-white night image from a motion-activated trail camera showing a river otter circled in red at the edge of a wooded riverbank.

Conservation Projects

A River Otter Returns to the Bronx After 100 Years

A portrait of Paul Turner, PhD, of the Yale School of the Environment set over a photograph of the aquarium's underwater viewing tunnel.

Conservation Projects

Aquarium of the Bay Partners With Yale on Pollution

Aquarium of the Bay is starting a research collaboration with the Yale School ...

A Disney cast member slicing fruit beside a screen showing an animal diet plan

North America

Twelve Hundred Individual Meal Plans, Every Day

Disney’s Animal Kingdom keeps about 5,000 animals across some 300 species. Every day, ...

An American burying beetle, black with orange markings, sits on an open palm in a grassy field with a trap behind it.

Conservation Projects

A $77,915 Grant and One Very Odd Beetle

The American burying beetle is federally threatened, endangered in Ohio, and has been ...

A greater one-horned rhino stands in open green pasture with a young calf walking beside her, rolling hills behind.

Conservation Projects

Six Institutions, Four Questions About Rhinos

Six institutions have formed the American Institute of Rhinoceros Science, a research consortium ...

A research team in red shirts works with recording equipment on a raised platform beside an African elephant at a field research site.

Africa & Middle East

Elephants Hear to the Beat: UC Researchers Determine African Elephant Hearing with Help from Zoos

In a world where the African elephant population has declined by 72% in ...

Two Asian elephants stand side by side in a sunlit yard, one resting its trunk against the other's face.

North America

Unveiling the Mysteries of Musth in Asian Elephants: A Study Led by OKC Zoo Expert

Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Animal Behavior, Dr. Chase ...

A sea otter swims just below the surface of green water, its whiskers catching the light.

North America

Rocky the Sea Otter Makes a Full Recovery After Pioneering Flipper Amputation

The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota, made history recently with a groundbreaking ...

A dark, bead-scaled lizard with pale yellow markings rests on gravel among dry twigs.

North America

Wild Discoveries: Zoo Atlanta Scientists Lead the Way in 2022 Research Accomplishments

Zoo Atlanta’s scientists and partners made significant strides in advancing the world’s understanding ...

An Asian elephant with a thick pile of cut grass draped over its head and hanging past its ears.

Conservation Projects

Columbus Zoo Unveils Groundbreaking DNA Lab to Protect Elephants from Fatal Virus

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has opened a cutting-edge DNA testing lab that will ...

A family of four looks up as three macaws fly low overhead on a palm-lined path at ZooTampa.

North America

ZooTampa and Tampa General Hospital Announce New Partnership

Introducing the Exciting New Partnership between ZooTampa and Tampa General Hospital ZooTampa and ...

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