Emergency pet prep for exoticsOctober 23, 2023Determining species to be seen and gathering necessary supplies are initial steps to ready your team for caring for exotics
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Meet the National Zoo's dietary Dr. DoolittleAugust 2, 2022As senior nutritionist and head of the department of nutrition science at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., Mike Maslanka has a lot of hungry mouths to feed each day: nearly 1,800 across 360 species ranging from Asian elephants to black pacus, a fruit-eating relative of the piranha.
5 Questions With… Heather Robertson, DVM, director of veterinary service at Nashville ZooJanuary 5, 2021When it came time to rebuild Nashville Zoo’s outdated veterinary care center, Heather Robertson, DVM, the zoo’s director of veterinary service, was prepared to do the legwork to ensure the new floorplan would accommodate the menagerie’s growing occupancy.
Fungus likely linked to freshwater turtle shell diseaseJuly 17, 2019Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a new fungus that could be linked to ulcerative shell disease in freshwater turtles.
