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The western or lowland bongo, T. e. eurycerus, faces an ongoing population decline, and the IUCN Antelope Specialist Group considers it to be Near Threatened on the conservation status scale. [2] The eastern or mountain bongo, T. e. isaaci, of Kenya, has a coat even more vibrant than that of T. e. eurycerus. The mountain bongo is only found in ...
Nyota, a 2-year-old Eastern bongo, arrived at the Milwaukee County Zoo in October 2023. Now, all three Eastern bongos can be seen by visitors in the African Forest habitat.
The McNair Asian Elephant Habitat is home to the Houston Zoo's herd of Asian elephants. It features a 7,000-square-foot barn custom-built to house the bull elephants, a brand-new expanded habitat with a boardwalk with an unobstructed view of the elephants in their new yard, and a 160,000-gallon pool. [citation needed]
The Baytown Nature Center is located in Baytown, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) east of Houston.It is located on a 450-acre (1.8 km 2) peninsula along the Houston Ship Channel and surrounded on three sides by Burnet Bay, Crystal Bay, and Scott Bay.
The endangered eastern bongo species, a type of antelope, became one calf safer from extinction after a recent Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens birth. What's a bongo? Think antelope with stripes.
The typical habitat for the mountain nyala is composed of montane woodlands at an altitude of 3,000–3,400 m (9,800–11,200 ft). The vegetation generally includes African juniper ( Juniperus procera ), Afrocarpus gracilior , and Olea at lower levels and Hagenia abyssinica , juniper, and Hypericum revolutum in the upper reaches.
For months, a Missouri farmer had been catching glimpses of an elusive and “crazy-looking cat” sneaking around his property — too big to be a housecat, and with a build that ruled out bobcat.
The northern mockingbird is the state bird of Texas. The list of birds of Texas is the official list of species recorded in the U.S. state of Texas according to the Texas Bird Records Committee (TBRC) of the Texas Ornithological Society. As of January 2024, the list contained 664 species. Of them, 170 are considered review species. Eight species were introduced to Texas, two are known to be ...