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Photos: Cute little liligers
Look at these photos of cute liliger cubs at a Russian Zoo. A liliger is a cross between a lion and a liger. A liger is a cross between a lion and a tiger.
Fresh-, saltwater species of region will be featured
The Cabo Pulmo coral reef tank features a number of colorful saltwater fish species, including the Mexican lookdown, Guineafowl puffer, convict surgeonfish and horn shark. The exhibit is part of the larger Warden Aquarium, which will open Saturday at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Fresh-, saltwater species of region will be featured
Stephane Poulin, right, the curator of reptiles and fish at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, gives volunteer Cyndy Wicker a preview of the exhibit area.
Fresh-, saltwater species of region will be featured
A balloonfish seems to be interested in what's going on outside his watery domain. The species is one of several that will be on exhibit at the new Warden Aquarium at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
New Desert Museum aquarium exhibit to open
The new Warden Aquarium is first major new Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum exhibit in a decade. The aquarium features several dozen species of fresh- and saltwater creatures in 14 tanks, representative of the waterways that once flowed through the Sonoran desert region to the Sea of Cortez.
January 02, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Keep zoo excursions fun using this mom's tips
We have a family membership to the Reid Park Zoo, and we go at least once or twice a month.
Elephant moved from Tucson, Connie, euthanized
One of two elephants who spent many years at the Reid Park Zoo before being shipped to the San Diego Zoo at the beginning of the year was put down this morning.
LA Zoo chimp habitat reopens after baby chimp killed
LOS ANGELES — The chimpanzee habitat at the Los Angeles Zoo was open for visitors Wednesday, a day after a baby chimp was killed by an adult male in front of dozens of visitors.
3 more elephants arrive at Tucson's Reid Park Zoo
A female elephant and her two calves, the latest additions to the Reid Park Zoo, arrived at their new home late Tuesday night, officials said.
Connie, Shaba leave longtime home for Calif.
Longtime Reid Park Zoo residents Connie and Shaba left their decades-old home Wednesday morning for the San Diego Zoo.
Denver, the giraffe
Scott Barton, the new Reid Park zoo curator, feeds Denver, a giraffe at the zoo on March 4, 2004.
Tongue-curling treats
Watoto, a male giraffe at Reid Park Zoo, gets his tongue around a scallion-flavored popsicle tethered to a section of PVC pipe.
Tongue-curling treats
Kobe the polar bear likes his ice straight up, with no additives, and after rolling around in a pile of the frozen stuff he shakes off excess water.
Tongue-curling treats
Zookeeper Alisha Brewer dumps a popsicle made of blood and beef heart out of a pail inside the lion enclosure.
Tongue-curling treats
An icy treat only a carnivore could love. Kitabu doesn't look inclined to share his frozen goody.
Tongue-curling treats
The animals' favorite chef, Stacey Belhumeur, mixes up a fruit cocktail popsicle.
Tongue-curling treats
White rhinos Yebonga, front, and Zibulo prove their heat tolerance and rest in the shade of trees.
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