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Wolf Physicals

Our red wolves got their annual physicals yesterday, October 5. We’ve had our hands on the female wolf a bunch because of a few different medical issues that have come up while she’s been here, but this was the first time we caught up our male. What you see in the photos is pretty typical: Even though the wolf is sedated, we put a muzzle on. One keeper (Marilyn, with gloves on) watches the head for any signs of movementRead more
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Big Word of the Month: Paradigm

Philosophers of science use the word paradigm (pair – uh – dime) to describe the set of ideas and practices that define a field of scientific inquiry. If you studied human anthropology and evolution in the last few decades you were exposed to the paradigm that humans evolved from an ape-like creature that resembles modern day chimpanzees. You might recall learning about Lucy, the 3 million year old hominid found in Ethiopia that belongs to the genus Australopithecus. A fossilRead more

Box turtles are territorial

The Keepers got a call last week from someone trying to do a good deed by rescuing this turtle. It’s a box turtle, and if you look closely in the area of its back right leg you can see some shell missing. It appears to be an old injury that the turtle has long recovered from. If you find a turtle in the wild, please let it be. If you find one wandering down the road, move it to theRead more
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Opossum Trouble

Katy was working in the vet room with both opossums and left to return a package to the gift shop. Cher was on the floor when Katy left, and on the counter when Katy returned. She got some photos of Cher opossum wandering around the vet room.Read more