Tag: gorillas

March 8, 2021

Apes receive experimental coronavirus vaccine

As biologists worry about the potential for the virus that causes COVID-19 to spread to wildlife, the San Diego Zoo is using an experimental vaccine for several apes at the...

January 12, 2021

Three gorillas test positive for COVID-19

Three gorillas have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a recent U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announcement. Two of the primates began coughing, prompting testing for...

April 26, 2018

Does media presence create false sense of species’ success?

The images of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes’ Tony the Tiger, Cheetos’ Chester Cheetah and Toys R Us’ Geoffrey the Giraffe surround us all the time. But how does the widespread presence...

September 8, 2016

Hawaii plant diversity faces immense threat

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which is currently holding its conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, announced that 38 plant species found only in Hawaii had gone extinct and hundreds...