In the theme of International Zoo keeper Day, I am sharing how zoo keepers helped me throughout my zoo research career and how they are vital for zoo science!

Many people dream of having a zoo research-related career... and rightfully so! Whether they are based at a zoo or aquarium, university or other institution, zoo researchers are responsible for acquiring the necessary knowledge to help zoos moving forward and continuou...

The Zoo Scientist's Director Ricardo just got to experience three weeks of conservation, research and education at Perth Zoo. He explains what it was like!

The Forest Reindeer: Extinction, Recovery, Decline

The Forest reindeer, Rangifer tarandus fennicus, is a subspecies of reindeer. Once common in Finland, it was hunted to extinction in the end of the 19th or early 20th century. Conservation efforts, focussed on the few i...