Two new exhibits to open at San Diego Zoo
Komodo dragon exhibit and new aviary open in June
New exhibits coming to SD Zoo
and last updated 2021-04-27 20:39:54-04
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Two new exhibits are weeks away from opening at the San Diego Zoo: one for the biggest lizard in the world and another for tiny birds.
Crews are making the final touches before the grand opening of the Komodo Kingdom and Hummingbird Habitat.
San Diego Zoo staff members said this double remodel was well overdue. Thanks to technology, both the birds and guests can enjoy their time at the new aviary.
Rapid evolution in foxgloves pollinated by hummingbirds: Study ANI | Updated: Apr 12, 2021 16:29 IST
Brighton [UK], April 12 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study found that common foxgloves brought to the Americas have rapidly evolved to change flower length in the presence of a new pollinator group, hummingbirds.
The findings of the study were published in the British Ecological Society s Journal of Ecology.
Researchers from the University of Sussex, Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia), and Universidad de Costa Rica, studying the common foxglove Digitalis purpurea, a bumblebee pollinated species native to Europe, have shown for the first time how rapid physical changes can occur in flowers following a change in environment and the presence of a new pollinator.
After the Texas freeze killed so many plants there are concerns nectar feeding animals will be significantly impacted. One thing you can do is put out a feeder.
Male rufous hummingbird rescued in December 2020 In mid-December, the nonprofit group Green Mountain Animal Defenders issued an urgent call to its supporters on Facebook seeking someone who could drive a rescued hummingbird, which was captured inside an apartment in Bennington, two hours north to a wildlife rehabilitation specialist in Addison. First, what was a hummingbird doing in Vermont in December, when most of the flowers from which it would feed are dead? And, even if the hummingbird could be nursed back to health, where could it live? For answers to both questions, ask Julianna Parker. She and her 22-year-old daughter, Sophia, are wildlife rehabilitators who run Otter Creek Wildlife Rescue. For the last decade, the Addison nonprofit has been accepting critters of all shapes and sizes, including possums, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and snowshoe hares. About the only animals Parker cannot accept are large mammals, such as m