Posts Tagged ‘animals’
Tales of Two Cities: Locked Up
Welcome back to the Tales of Two Cities podcast! This episode is about being locked up. This week we’ll meet formerly incarcerated people who share their experiences behind bars and also learn about the ways they’re getting their lives back on track after their release. We’ll also look at a different kind of lock up…
Read MoreWestern monarch butterflies could disappear
Each year, thousands of monarch butterflies from across the west make their way to the California coast where they spend their winter, including making migratory stops at East Bay parks. For the past two decades, volunteer citizen scientists have been counting them during the Annual Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count, organized by the Xerces Society. Christina…
Read MoreOakland Zoo’s Spookfari sleepover delights children
For the second Halloween season in a row, the Oakland Zoo hosted a “Sundown Spookfari.” The zoo staff opened up their grounds for families to stay overnight and learn about some of the animals.
Read MoreRodent problem? Feral cats touted as eco-friendly pest control in Oakland
Volunteers at Oakland Animal Services are starting a new working cats program to both boost cat adoptions and help control rodents in homes and businesses around the Bay Area.
Read MoreOaklanders participate in Meow at the Moon fundraiser to find homes for cats
Cat lovers gathered to support local nonprofit Cat Town at Meow at the Moon, a fundraiser event that took place Saturday at Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza and City Hall.
Read MoreOn Earth Day 2015, a look at the wild species that live in the East Bay regional parks
The California Grizzly bear has been immortalized on the state’s flag, but the four-leg symbol is not around California anymore—at least not since 1924, when the last specimen was spotted in Santa Barbara County. However, other creatures inhabit California’s land, water and sky. The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) includes more than 100,000 acres,…
Read MoreOakland Zoo giraffes “happy and healthy,” says visiting expert
Over 100 zookeepers, animal enthusiasts and conservationists gathered at the Oakland Zoo on Tuesday to attend a lecture by leading giraffe conservation scientist Dr. Julian Fennessy. Fennessy praised the zoo’s giraffe program as promoting “lots of natural behaviors.”
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