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Microchip scanning our penguins
27 Jun 2008
ZSL London Zoo’s penguins have been helping test out a revolutionary new walk-through scanner.
27 Jun 2008
ZSL London Zoo’s penguins have been helping test out a revolutionary new walk-through scanner.
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Longstanding supporter awarded ZSL Gold Medal
26 Jun 2008
Dame Vivien Duffield DBE has been awarded the ZSL Gold Medal in recognition of her, and her family’s, longstanding and continuing support of ZSL and ZSL London Zoo.
26 Jun 2008
Dame Vivien Duffield DBE has been awarded the ZSL Gold Medal in recognition of her, and her family’s, longstanding and continuing support of ZSL and ZSL London Zoo.
Queen honours ZSL Council Members
14 Jun 2008
Three members of ZSL's Council have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
14 Jun 2008
Three members of ZSL's Council have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
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ZSL investigates mass dolphin stranding in Cornwall
10 Jun 2008
ZSL is leading the postmortem investigations on twenty-six common dolphins which stranded in the Cornish River Percuil near Falmouth.
10 Jun 2008
ZSL is leading the postmortem investigations on twenty-six common dolphins which stranded in the Cornish River Percuil near Falmouth.
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ZSL on Radio 4: Amphibian Collapse?
9 Jun 2008
Listen out for two ZSL scientists on BBC Radio 4 at 9pm this evening. The show ‘Frontiers: Amphibian Collapse?’ recently followed their fieldwork in Italy.
9 Jun 2008
Listen out for two ZSL scientists on BBC Radio 4 at 9pm this evening. The show ‘Frontiers: Amphibian Collapse?’ recently followed their fieldwork in Italy.
Where’s wallaby? – Counting the uncountable
3 Jun 2008
ZSL scientists have developed an innovative model that could revolutionise conservationists’ abilities to calculate animal population size without undertaking costly and often extremely difficult census work.
3 Jun 2008
ZSL scientists have developed an innovative model that could revolutionise conservationists’ abilities to calculate animal population size without undertaking costly and often extremely difficult census work.
Bloodsuckers to the rescue
29 May 2008
A team of bloodthirsty assistants are helping vets carry out routine health checks on animals at ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos, using a revolutionary painless technique.
29 May 2008
A team of bloodthirsty assistants are helping vets carry out routine health checks on animals at ZSL London and Whipsnade Zoos, using a revolutionary painless technique.
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Biodiversity Plummeting
16 May 2008
According to The Living Planet Index, a report written by ZSL scientists and released today, the world's species are declining at a rate ‘unprecedented since the extinction of the dinosaurs’ – and it’s our fault!
16 May 2008
According to The Living Planet Index, a report written by ZSL scientists and released today, the world's species are declining at a rate ‘unprecedented since the extinction of the dinosaurs’ – and it’s our fault!
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Professor John Beddington CMG, FRS receives Honorary Fellowship
13 May 2008
Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government, was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by ZSL’s President Professor Sir Patrick Bateson.
13 May 2008
Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government, was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by ZSL’s President Professor Sir Patrick Bateson.
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Extinct in ten years, vultures decline quicker than the dodo
30 Apr 2008
Asian vultures face extinction in the wild within a decade without urgent action to eliminate the livestock drug that has caused their catastrophic decline, scientists are warning.
30 Apr 2008
Asian vultures face extinction in the wild within a decade without urgent action to eliminate the livestock drug that has caused their catastrophic decline, scientists are warning.
Wildlife conservation may provide safeguard for humans
22 Feb 2008
Protecting areas rich in wildlife from development may have a significant effect in preventing future disease emergence in humans, new research has found.
22 Feb 2008
Protecting areas rich in wildlife from development may have a significant effect in preventing future disease emergence in humans, new research has found.
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Not tonight, deer – the male antelope that refuses sex
5 Jan 2008
A scientist from the ZSL investigating sex secrets of the topi antelope has found that some males are so aggressively pursued by the females to mate that they refuse the advances of previous partners in order to conserve their sperm.
5 Jan 2008
A scientist from the ZSL investigating sex secrets of the topi antelope has found that some males are so aggressively pursued by the females to mate that they refuse the advances of previous partners in order to conserve their sperm.
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Continued disease threat to British garden birds
14 Sep 2007
ZSL scientists confirm a repeat of last year's high finch mortalities this summer.
14 Sep 2007
ZSL scientists confirm a repeat of last year's high finch mortalities this summer.
Prize Ceremony for the 2006/07 Masters Courses
12 Sep 2007
The Prize-giving Ceremony for the 2006/07 Masters Courses in Wild Animal Biology and Wild Animal Health took place today.
12 Sep 2007
The Prize-giving Ceremony for the 2006/07 Masters Courses in Wild Animal Biology and Wild Animal Health took place today.
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Mosquito mayhem
17 Aug 2007
Across the country people are noticing increased mosquito numbers appearing in their homes and gardens. Months of rain followed by a warm August have provided the ideal breeding grounds for the flying insects.
17 Aug 2007
Across the country people are noticing increased mosquito numbers appearing in their homes and gardens. Months of rain followed by a warm August have provided the ideal breeding grounds for the flying insects.
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Once a cheetah always a cheater
30 May 2007
Female cheetahs are regularly unfaithful to their male partners, researchers from ZSL have found.
30 May 2007
Female cheetahs are regularly unfaithful to their male partners, researchers from ZSL have found.
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