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A mountain bongo bull stands in dense green forest looking straight at the camera, his deep chestnut coat marked with narrow white stripes, long spiralling horns rising above his head and a pale chevron between his eyes.

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Kenya’s Mountain Bongo Plan Leans on Zoo-Bred Herds

Kenya has a new plan to save its rarest large mammal, and the ...

Four young gharials rest against one another on a mesh floor, their long narrow snouts lined with fine teeth and their tan bodies marked with dark bands

Conservation Projects

Eight Gharials Hatch in Fort Worth, a Fourth Straight Year

Eight gharials hatched at the Fort Worth Zoo this summer, between June 3 ...

A bright orange Panamanian golden frog with black markings on its back and legs sits upright on wet gravel among green leaves

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Fort Worth Breeds 49 Golden Frogs, First in a Decade

The Fort Worth Zoo has a clutch of 49 Panamanian golden frogs, announced ...

A Jamaican rock iguana with a heavy jaw and a low spiny crest stands on dry leaf litter in open limestone forest, its tan and orange flank marked with the field research number 9499 in red

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Fort Worth Counts Toward 1,000 Jamaican Rock Iguanas

Nine hundred and forty-four Jamaican rock iguanas have been released into the Hellshire ...

A downy white African fish eagle chick sits in a folded towel beside a hand-held eagle puppet with a hooked black beak and a brown glass eye, used so the chick does not imprint on people

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The First Eagle to Hatch at Fort Worth in 117 Years

The Fort Worth Zoo has hatched an African fish eagle chick, the first ...

Two gharial hatchlings lie side by side on a flat surface beside a tape measure showing they are just over 12 inches long.

Conservation Projects

Fort Worth Hatches Gharials Two Years Running

Breeding gharials in a zoo is hard enough that doing it once is ...

A downy grey lesser flamingo chick sits on a folded white towel, its bill still short and straight.

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Seventeen Lesser Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Fort Worth

Lesser flamingos reproduce less readily under human care than any other flamingo species ...

An infant western lowland gorilla clings to his mother's dark fur, his face turned toward the camera.

Conservation Projects

A Gorilla Named Bruno Is Born in Fort Worth

The Fort Worth Zoo announced the birth of a male western lowland gorilla ...

A hatchling Roti Island snake-necked turtle stands on top of a penny, its shell only slightly wider than the coin.

Conservation Projects

Penny-Sized Turtles Head Home to Indonesia

A hatchling Roti Island snake-necked turtle is larger than a penny, and weighs ...

Conservation Projects

The 1,000th Texas Horned Lizard Hatches in Fort Worth

In August 2021, biologists at Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area found 18 Texas ...

Fort Worth Zoo

Kenya’s Mountain Bongo Plan Leans on Zoo-Bred Herds

Eight Gharials Hatch in Fort Worth, a Fourth Straight Year

Fort Worth Breeds 49 Golden Frogs, First in a Decade

Fort Worth Counts Toward 1,000 Jamaican Rock Iguanas

The First Eagle to Hatch at Fort Worth in 117 Years

Fort Worth Hatches Gharials Two Years Running

Seventeen Lesser Flamingo Chicks Hatch in Fort Worth

A Gorilla Named Bruno Is Born in Fort Worth

Penny-Sized Turtles Head Home to Indonesia

The 1,000th Texas Horned Lizard Hatches in Fort Worth

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A Rescued Mountain Lion Gave Clover Her Blood

Amur Leopard Cubs Head Outdoors at Utah’s Hogle Zoo

The Work That Comes Before Oregon’s Sea Otters

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An Eight-Year-Old Gorilla Walked to a New Family

Jerusalem Zoo Releases Nine Persian Fallow Deer to the Wild

Forty-Seven Projects, and Almost No Famous Animals

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