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Adorable new Amur tiger cubs named

A trio of adorable endangered Amur tiger cubs recently born at a popular Scottish wildlife park have been given names by staff.

Staff at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park have revealed what the newest arrivals will now be called after they were given regular outdoor access for the first time.


Meerkats in zoos don’t put as much effort into social niceties

Meerkats in zoos fight over food more aggressively, are pickier about which of their peers they groom and have less stable relationships than those living in the wild.


PAIR of rare orcas spotted off coast of Japan

Whale-watchers off the coast of Japan could scarcely believe their eyes after catching sight of two rare white orcas swimming together as part of the same pod. 


Elephants to be moved from UK zoo to Kenyan wild in 'world first'

An entire herd of elephants from a British zoo will be released into the wild in Kenya in what conservationists have hailed as a world first.

The 13 elephants live at Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, southern England, and will be flown more than 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) to Kenya, according to a press release from animal conservation charity the Aspinall Foundation.