Baby Polar Bear Makes Debut

15 week old Knut, Berlin Zoo's baby Polar Bear made his public debut! He and his brother were born last December (2006) and are the first polar bears born at the zoo in 33 years

Clouded Leopard of Borneo

Another photo, what a beauty!

Slow Loris

"A slow loris at the San Diego Zoo. CITES -- the United Nations agency regulating the trade in endangered species -- has identified pink coral, cedar trees and the slow loris are among the animal and plant species that could gain greater protection this year.(AFP/San Diego Zoo/File) " Source

Siberian Tigers

"In a file photo Siberian tigers relax at a Nature park in Harbin, China, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007. China must resist pressure to lift a ban on selling tiger parts as doing so would push the endangered species closer to extinction, an animal rights group said Tuesday, March 13, 2007". (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) Source

Baby Koalas at LA Zoo

"This image provided by the Los Angeles Zoo shows one of two new baby koalas, called joeys, with its mother at the Los Angeles Zoo. The unnamed joeys were born on April 9 and Aug. 7, 2006 and spent six months developing in the mothers pouch. The newborn's mothers, Georgy and Jane arrived in November 2005 from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney Australia. They are the first births of any koalas at the Los Angeles Zoo since 1990 and the first koalas of the Queensland species to be born at the Los Angeles Zoo.(AP Photo/Los Angeles Zoo)" Source

New Species of Clouded Leopard found in Borneo

Clouded Leopard (neofelis nebulosa).


Scientists have identified the leopard found on the South-East Asian islands of Borneo and Sumatra as a new species of great cat. Source

Dolphin gets artificial tail

"A keeper holds an artificial tail fluke attached to female bottlenose dolphin 'Fuji', estimated to be 37-years-old, at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu town on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa February 14, 2007. Fuji's handlers say the fake tail may have saved her life as she had put on dangerous amounts of weight from being inactive after she lost her tail. (Issei Kato/Reuters)" Source