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Leopards, tigers and AI data, oh my! Nashville Zoo tries to halt proposed data center

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A nationwide backlash against artificial intelligence data centers has a new ally: the leopards of the Nashville Zoo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The zoo, a popular destination in Tennessee’s capital city, is trying to block a proposed 69,000-square-foot data center from being built next … Read more

Happy, who taught researchers that elephants can recognize themselves, is euthanized at Bronx Zoo

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NEW YORK — Happy, a Bronx Zoo elephant who gave researchers new insight into the animal’s behavior and became the crux of a closely watched animal rights case, has been euthanized at age 55, the zoo said Wednesday. The Asian elephant was put to sleep Tuesday at the zoo where she lived for almost a … Read more

Baby gorilla delivered via rare C-section at Washington State zoo

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A baby gorilla born over the weekend at a Washington State zoo was delivered via a rare cesarean section, officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The procedure, performed Sunday at Seattle’s Woodland Zoo, was done on a 29-year-old western lowland gorilla who was five … Read more

2 arrested after person breaks into Punch the monkey enclosure in Japan, zoo says

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Two people were arrested in Japan after a person broke into the viral macaque Punch’s enclosure, according to the zoo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Ichikawa City Zoo, outside of Tokyo, said on social media Sunday that there was an “intruder” in the monkey enclosure. … Read more

2 arrested after breaking into Punch the monkey enclosure in Japan, zoo says

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Two people were arrested in Japan after breaking into the viral macaque Punch’s enclosure, according to the zoo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Ichikawa Zoo, outside of Tokyo, said on social media Sunday that there was an “intruder” in the monkey enclosure. The pair was … Read more

2 Americans arrested in Japan for climbing into viral baby monkey Punch’s zoo enclosure

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Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday. In a statement shared with CBS News’ Japanese partner network TBS News, the Ichikawa Police Department identified the suspects as … Read more

Crowds at Los Angeles Zoo go bananas for endangered species baby boom

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Crowds at Los Angeles Zoo go bananas for endangered species baby boom – CBS News Watch CBS News The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed a baby gorilla, a baby orangutan and three baby chimpanzees in a span of less than five months. Joy Benedict reports on the baby boom of endangered species. Source link