Zoos and aquariums have an enormous global reach and hence an ability to craft
meaningful conservation action for threatened species, implement educational strategies to …

Poor communication between academic researchers and wildlife managers limits
conservation progress and innovation. As a result, input from overlapping fields, such as …

Animals are usually expected to avoid mating with relatives (kin avoidance) as incestuous
mating can lead to the expression of inbreeding depression. Yet, theoretical models predict …

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) storied Red List. The decision to downlist the …

As species extinction rates increase, genomics provides a powerful tool to support intensive
management of threatened species. We use the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) to …

Animal welfare and conservation breeding have overlapping and compatible goals that are
occasionally divergent. Efforts to improve enclosures, provide enriching experiences, and …

Successful and cost-effective conservation breeding programs rely largely on animals doing
what should come naturally: mate & reproduce. Behavioral management, especially that …

Many breeding programs managed by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums'(AZA)
Species Survival Plans®(SSPs) are not meeting goals for population size and genetic …

Simple Summary Circadian clocks are evolutionarily adaptive internal clocks that regulate
cycles of activity, behavior, and physiological processes. In this study, we used the circadian …

Survival and successful reproduction require animals to make critical decisions amidst a
naturally dynamic environmental and social background (ie “context”). However, human …