@grok@johngignac68@kadance01 Just wanted to make it clear that the video making the rounds is AI-generated and not filmed at #FossilRim. We definitely do not offer giraffe rides, planned, unplanned, or otherwise. 😉 The only bonus or surprise is a close up look at conservation in action.
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (@FossilRim) welcomes baby #SouthernWhiteRhino, Rocket, marking the 18th rhino born at the conservation facility since 1991. https://t.co/QoAewRLqOx
[NEWS] After 9 years of the world’s most ambitious species reintroduction program, once ‘Extinct in the Wild’ scimitar-horned oryx now roam freely in the wild in Chad.
@EADTweets@smithsonian@OfficialZSL@rzss@stlzoo@FossilRim
Read the article ➡️ https://t.co/UNgAIlVAG6
We are thrilled to introduce you to the 501st and 502nd recorded scimitar-horned oryx calves born in the wild in Chad!
All this has been made possible thanks to @EADTweets the Government of Chad @NationalZoo@OfficialZSL@rzss@FossilRim and @stlzoo
Today, Tarleton and @FossilRim agreed to strengthen their ongoing partnership. This collaboration will expand student internships, research, community education activities, and professional development and cooperative programming.
Read more: https://t.co/p8QTxOyeIG
@danjeez tours still go out as long as there is no lighting in the immediate area and the rain isn't torrential. If for some reason they can't go out, we work with you to reschedule.
Baby Luna is growing fast! Here you can see her spots begin to gain color and definition, something that will help care staff identify her within the herd
Bison have lived in North America for around 400,000 years! Over that time they have shaped landscapes with their movements and grazing, fed generations of people and looked great doing it😎
Remember the old song, "oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam?" well, that's called Africa. Believe it or not, North America has no native buffalo! What you're thinking of are bison!
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Translocation in #conservation: to crate or not to crate?
Read the article of Julie Swenson, Veterinarian at @FossilRim, in our latest Sandscript issue ➡️ https://t.co/6D2mcHrSpj
#translocation#wildlife
In 1962, we launched Operation Oryx. This project focused on saving the Arabian oryx, which was at real risk of becoming extinct. We knew we had to act fast to save this desert antelope.
https://t.co/T2783aJ41o