Countdown to Extinction: One Decade to Save African Penguins Ten years. Ten years is all that likely stands between the African Penguin becoming functionally Extinct-in-the-Wild. African Penguin numbers in South…
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Protecting Their Future: Conservation Stories of the National Aviary Proactive Conservation: Eurasian Eagle-Owls The National Aviary’s unwavering commitment to avian conservation is shown through our efforts to safeguard species. From…
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Stronger Together: Saving Species One Hatchling at a Time The National Aviary remains committed to saving Critically Endangered and threatened species like the African Penguin and the Andean Condor. A…
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National Aviary African Penguin Pair Patrick (female) and Owen have hatched a duo of African Penguin chicks!
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One of the ways in which zoos like the National Aviary conserve species is by working tirelessly behind-the-scenes to help ensure an increase of healthy populations for a variety of threatened bird species. Your help today can make this work possible.
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When the call came in that a concerned South African citizen had found two vultures down on the ground, unable to take off, Jenny Walsh sprang into action. As the…
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How the Aviary’s expert team, and a loving mate, helped one African Penguin recover from a long illness.
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Guam Rails are small, flightless, and if you blink, you’ll miss them. They dart in and out of the foliage of the Tropical Rainforest at the National Aviary. But great things come in small…
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A Flamingo Rescue Halfway Around the World When more than 1,800 baby Lesser Flamingoes were abandoned by their parents due to a severe drought at the Kamfers Dam in South Africa in 2019, the…
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