Zoos and aquariums have an enormous global reach and hence an ability to craft
meaningful conservation action for threatened species, implement educational strategies to …

Zoos and aquariums have evolved significantly. From their origins as enclosures for the
mere entertainment of the public, these institutions have undertaken new functions …

Zoos and aquaria were founded in a world fundamentally different from today, and yet, the
need for such conservation organisations could not be stronger. We are currently in a …

Simple Summary Zoo visitors can have a positive, negative, or neutral impact on animals.
Primates are cognitively very advanced and their interactions with human visitors are …

Modern zoos and aquariums have evolved greatly since the end of the Second World War,
to become centres of conservation excellence and scientific institutions for the study of …

Simple Summary The study of animal personality is important to conserve animals because
it can help in selecting the most appropriate individuals to be released into the wild …

Independent human–wildlife feeding interactions (ie, the feeding of wildlife by the public
outside of organized ecotourism activities) represent an increasingly common way in which …

Simple Summary Visitors may affect zoo animals as they view them. If visitors engage in
negative behaviours such as feeding, banging or touching, this has the potential to harm the …

The ability to monitor developing avian embryos and their associated vascular system via
candling enables the application of important reproductive management techniques. Egg …

As global wildlife populations continue to decline, the health and sustainability of ex situ
populations in zoos and aquariums have become increasingly important. However, the …