The 15 Best Zoos in the U.S. PureWow 4 hrs ago letters@purewow.com (Lindsay Cohn)
Pretty much every big city in America has a zoo there’s probably an awesome animal sanctuary within driving distance of where you live but that certainly doesn’t mean they’re all comparable. Some seem to sprawl forever and have critters from all four corners of the globe, while others are smaller and more specialized. Zoos, like amusement parks, stand out as one of those great family-friendly attractions that aren’t just for kids. Who doesn’t love seeing a majestic tiger in the flesh or getting up close and personal with a giant anaconda from the safety of a plexiglass enclosure in the serpent house? Ready to take a walk on the wild side? (That’s
New Model for Infectious Disease Could Better Predict Future Pandemics Details
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In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease transmission are critical to the health of all life.
In the midst of a devastating global pandemic of wildlife origin and with future spillovers imminent as humans continue to come into closer contact with wildlife, infectious-disease models that consider the full ecological and anthropological contexts of disease transmission are critical to the health of all life. Existing models are limited in their ability to predict disease emergence, since they rarely consider the dynamics of the hosts and ecosystems from which pandemics emerge.
Every Friday, two of Anna Marie Sebly’s kindergarteners are designated as that week’s panda reporters, their task to monitor the video stream of a panda cub who was born at the National Zoo last August.