… the public will be told about the world’s biological diversity, evolution and man’s relationship with nature. On the ground floor there’s a primeval ocean with real seawater and representatives of animal …
… with every species housed in a separate enclosure. This is nothing special, but the once revolutionary outdoor cages on poles are still of interesting design and are accessible for the animals via specific …
… was officially renamed Royal Cabinet of Natural Sciences. At this time the maintenance of the Zoo was the responsibility of the Royal House. After the Revolution of 1868, the Parque del Buen Retiro, …
… GA. By revolutionising the home improvement industry, The Home Depot became one of the fastest growing companies in America. Bernie Marcus knew The Home Depot would not have achieved its full potential …
… house where Willem Oosting the Zoo founder was born, is still there and used for the park’s administration and a restaurant. When inside, the Biochron — about life’s history and evolution — is the first …
In its report ‘Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not’ the Institution of Mechanical Engineers shows what evolution of Homo sapiens has achieved so far. Since we settled down in hamlets and had the patience to …
… still can be seen in Dusit Zoo. After the revolution when Thailand changed from an absolute into a constitutional monarchy in 1932, Prime Minister P. Piboonsongkram asked the King’s permission to turn …
… for them to survive as best as they can in their natural environment. In captivity, animals may face a number of challenges which evolution has not prepared them for and disables the animal to fulfil their …
A schematic overview of the taxonomic Tree of Life of the Carnivore Families, mainly based on the Catalogue of Life, including the species’ conservation status according the IUCN Red List of Threatened …
… continuous development, to improve its contribution to the the objectives of information, education, recreation and conservation. These future plans include the development of an Evolution Museum with …
… degenerated when compared to other species? Evolutionarily speaking, the answer would be yes, I suppose. Although there is more to it than physical development of single features, of course. Human beings …
… proof, scientific wording for something that we mortals call selfishness? And what about the fourth option? People who like eating meat, and believe that during the process of evolution man developed …
… size and an increasing food demand. It started more or less with the industrial revolution, and the associated growth in knowledge, welfare, health and population size. This led inter alia to an enormous …
Evolution or creation? That’s no question at all! (Moos) As Nature provides 15 gems of evidence on evolution by natural selection. What is there to explore? Read Stephen Moss’ article …
History Visit(s) Gallery Video More info Location History General history Historic architecture General history to be added Historic architecture The architectural …
… still provoked the citizens of Paris. When at the beginning of the French Revolution, in 1789, the aversion to royalty reached its climax, the menagerie became one of the targets of the revolutionaries …
… of course, and there is lack of competition. There is no evolutionary stress in zoos whatsoever. Which raises questions regarding intentions of zoos to ex situ conservation programmes and trying to re-introduce …
… who had recently made the famous Zoo of Stellingen (in Hamburg). The lay-out was, therefore, quite modern for its time. The zoo in fact, was built according Hagenbeck’s revolutionary concept in which animals …
… might be not very beneficial, as it can help to understand evolution and bio-geographical developments while observing how different species are on the island of Madagascar, while being so close to the …
M y personal attempt to try and convince everybody of the beauty and the importance of nature as (evolutionary) phenomenon, especially its fauna. Information is given, in text and image, on my ‘beasts’. …
… family, due mainly to the unique shape of its skull, to be placed in a separate genus — Neofelis. And molecular studies suggest that the clouded lepoard appeared much earlier during evolution than the …
… from the evolutionary cycle, but when the ratio is off balance changes will take place. Of course the global loss of biodiversity is important, but the local diversity of flora and fauna is what really …
… the host species between which the pathogen jumps are evolutionary less related, the disease could be more lethal in the new host according a recent publication. Some diseases which are fatal in one …
New research conducted by evolutionary biologists worldwide paints cities as evolutionary “change agents,” says a trio of biologists from the University of Toronto who selected and edited the studies. …
Tasmanian devil. Conservation Park Taranna Tasmania. Photography Wayne McLean. Creative Commons license CCBY-SA3.0A big drop in global temperatures 12 – 14 million years ago may explain the evolutionary …
about zoos and their mission regarding breeding endangered species, nature conservation, biodiversity and education, which of course relates to the evolution of species.