Wide-eyed and bewildered, a tiny, house cat-sized island fox was reluctant to flee from its cage for the first time into the wilds of windswept Santa Rosa Island. The captive-bred predator remained ...

Zoo Atlanta's panda exhibit has sat empty since 2024. That will soon change as pandas are returning to the zoo!

A known breeding Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) has made its way to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington state, in hopes it will produce more cubs of this critically ...

Genetic management in captive breeding programmes aims to conserve or restore genetic diversity while minimising the risks of inbreeding and adaptation to captivity. Programmes routinely begin with a ...

There's some cautious optimism these days among wildlife experts working to save the critically endangered red wolf. Progress to rebuild the wolf population has been slow, but after several years of ...

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Programs have been put in place to reduce the extinction risk of some of Australia’s most endangered species. Captive breeding is emerging as a controversial but crucial stopgap for a growing number ...

With the endangered island fox now thriving again on the Channel Islands, a captive breeding program is no longer needed and the remaining breeding facility, on Santa Rosa Island, will be shut down.