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Wildlife

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Missouri Bat Population

    The Missouri Department of Conservation knew it was coming, but now it's official: White-Nose Syndrome has been confirmed in a population of bats in an undisclosed Missouri cave. In 2010, symptoms were spotted on a little brown bat in Pike County, and five gray bats also showed symptoms in a public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Michelle Higgins and Anthony Higgins, Sr: St. Charles Couple Hoarded Reptiles, Lived in Filth

    ​A St. Charles couple kept 157 snakes and lizards in their split-level rental property, as well as at least 1,500 live mice to feed them, and one dog. The snakes were housed in clean cages -- the problem was all the animal waste, which the couple, Michelle Higgins and Anthony Higgins, Sr., did not ... More >>

  • Film

    February 2, 2012

    It's the actors who need rescued in trapped-whale saga Big Miracle

    ​A St. Charles couple kept 157 snakes and lizards in their split-level rental property, as well as at least 1,500 live mice to feed them, and one dog. The snakes were housed in clean cages -- the problem was all the animal waste, which the couple, Michelle Higgins and Anthony Higgins, Sr., did not ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2011

    March of the Penguins

    ​A St. Charles couple kept 157 snakes and lizards in their split-level rental property, as well as at least 1,500 live mice to feed them, and one dog. The snakes were housed in clean cages -- the problem was all the animal waste, which the couple, Michelle Higgins and Anthony Higgins, Sr., did not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Area Wolves Seek Transportation for the Holidays

    This holiday season while families gather and write down their Christmas lists, Rachel Broom, director of development at the Endangered Wolf Center (6750, Tyson Valley Rd, Eureka) will continue her search for transportation for the 42 wolves, wild dogs, and foxes that call the center home. Located ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Mr. Popper's Penguins and Chill Frozen Yogurt

    Robin WheelerCoffee and chocolate frozen yogurt topped with Valrhona chocolate shavings at Chill.​ What screams summer movies more than a penguin farce that takes place during a Manhattan winter? Perhaps Mr. Popper's Penguins was meant to mentally cool us while we watch a bunch of misplaced ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    Arizona Wildfires Threaten Missouri-Raised Mexican Gray Wolves

    Photo courtesy of Regina MossottiThe Arizona wildfires might have the power to impact almost half the population of Mexican gray wolves living in the wild. These one-month-old pups live at the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka.​Look at those faces. Outside of a moon scene on a novelty T-shirt o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Cicada Cuisine: Six Ways to Cook the Critters

    Wikimedia CommonsYummy cicadas​ Sick of cicadas? You can lower their population by eating them. Oh, come on. People all over the world eat insects without getting grossed out. With rising food prices, the U.S. shouldn't be so quick to poo-poo cheap sources of protein. And considering all the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    How To Survive a Mountain Lion Encounter

    funnyaussiesigns.comYou, too, can survive a mountain lion encounter.​Another mountain lion was confirmed in Missouri this week. The Department of Conservation concluded Wednesday that paw prints photographed April 20 in Macon County in north-central Missouri were almost surely those of a cougar. F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Study Confirms Orangutans Lazier Than the Laziest Human You Know

    Orangutan at Rest: How very stereotypical.​That orangutan you see at the zoo doing nothing but sitting on its rump staring at you (no matter how hard you bang on its plexi-glass cage), is indeed as lazy as you thought. According to a new report penned by anthropology professor Herman Pontzer at Wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    St. Louis Zoo Replaces Dead Polar Bears with Electronic Proxies

    Okay, so the story in today's business section of the Post-Dispatch is mostly about how a company that sells holiday decorations is opening an office in downtown St. Louis. (Yes, exciting!)But the real news is the photo (below) that accompanied the story.Post-Dispatch, Section B1, 11/13/2009​If yo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2009

    Cold Hard Facts

    Okay, so the story in today's business section of the Post-Dispatch is mostly about how a company that sells holiday decorations is opening an office in downtown St. Louis. (Yes, exciting!)But the real news is the photo (below) that accompanied the story.Post-Dispatch, Section B1, 11/13/2009​If yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    No One Saw This Coming: PETA Urges Zoo to Close Polar Bear Exhibit

    flickr.com/photos/79947165@N00The zoo's polar bear confines.The other day we noted how the Saint Louis Zoo's last polar bear, Hope, died this week from cancer at the age of 23. Now today...wait for it...that's it...just a second...more...okay, here it comes...PETA announced that it is urging the zoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Otter in Mourning

    The River Otter Journal, Fall/Winter 2008Splash, Slide and Chambers in happier days.A moment of silence, please, for Splash the otter, who died three months ago at age ten after an infection from an abscessed tooth spread to his heart. And another moment for his brother and littermate Slide, who sti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Isn't It Time the Saint Louis Zoo Rethinks Its Position on Elephants?

    www.helpelephants.comThis morning's Post-Dispatch has a rather alarming story buried back on page D3. Another of the Saint Louis Zoo's elephants has been diagnosed with a potentially deadly strain of herpes. According to the daily, the two-year-old Asian elephant Maliha is currently showing no sympt ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2009

    Fancy Birds

    Long walk

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Elephant Treament Lands Saint Louis Zoo in "Hall of Shame"

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Stop the Flooding: Eat a Muskrat!

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Stop the Flooding: Eat a Muskrat!

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 23, 2008

    Malcolm eats a tin of armadillo. Hmmm, it tastes like salmon mousse.

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • News

    April 9, 2008

    RFT readers show their deep admiration for skunks.

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 27, 2008

    Frog-gone It!

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 13, 2008

    Malcolm never saw a frog’s leg he couldn’t keep down, until...

    This just in from the In Defense of Animals organization: Our very own Saint Louis Zoo has landed in the "Hall of Shame" for the confinement and treatment of its elephants. Visitors to the zoo over the past few years may have noticed a foot brace on Clara (an elephant that was euthanized in 2007 at ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 6, 2008

    Dried Weaver Ants With Eggs

    Weaver ants are a tad dry for Malcolm’s discriminating palate, but the Democratic presidential primary provides plenty to chew on.

  • Dining

    January 23, 2008

    Jin Yang Silkworm Pupa

    This week: Silkworm pupa out the Jin Yang.

  • News

    July 25, 2007

    Buzzkill

    See all those little suckers? Did you know that they're an invasive species and a linchpin of modern agriculture? That they're dying off by the million and no one's sure why?

  • Dining

    April 18, 2007

    Sylvilagus Floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)

    Webster Groves

  • Calendar

    March 21, 2007

    Flocka Alpaca

    Webster Groves

  • Dining

    January 10, 2007

    Roland Smoked Sliced Octopus

    $1.99
    DiGregorio Market
    5200 Daggett Avenue

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Dance of the Penguin

    That whole talking animal genre? Let's be done with it.

  • Film

    July 6, 2005

    Miracle on Ice

    The life of the emperor penguin isn't easy, but it might make yours seem better

  • Film

    May 25, 2005

    Animal Crackers

    In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Save the Amshack

    We lament the impending doom of our beloved train-trailer, talk to a guy with some great squirrel recipes and go to jail. Plus: Can taking Communion give you the flu?

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 29, 2004

    Best Zoo Animal

    Giant anteater

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2004

    Jump the Shark

    What could make the City Museum even better? Fifteen thousand sea creatures!

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2004

    Gopher Guts

    Elephant funerals and turtle necropsies: It's all in a day's work for the Saint Louis Zoo's Dr. Mary Duncan

  • Dining

    December 10, 2003

    Nocello, Neat

    Harvest, 1059 Big Bend Boulevard, 314-645-3522

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2003

    Bring the Folks

    For fun in any language

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Zoo Animal

    Takin

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 24, 2003

    Best Gun Shop

    Denny Dennis Sporting Goods

  • Calendar

    September 24, 2003

    Muskrat Love

    Beneath the skin of FURRY

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2003

    It's a Toss-Up

    Jugglers throw up for sport

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 25, 2002

    Best Addition to the St. Louis Zoo

    Capybaras

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Wildcat Strike

    Board of a sanctuary for lions, cougars and tigers takes a walk because the owners let the animals breed

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Going Ape

    Suzy the Chimp is dead, her teenage killer faces charges and there's bad blood all around

  • Calendar

    May 30, 2001

    Touch My Toads

    Reptiles and amphibians have a friend in "Outback Ed" Kiernan

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2001

    Eagle Eye

    Peripatetic nature photographer Art Wolfe sets his gear down for a lecture at the St. Louis Zoo

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Life in the Bughouse

    The Insectarium's keepers are mad about their charges

  • Dining

    November 1, 2000

    Side Dish

    Heeding the call of the wild at Fio's La Fourchette

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 27, 2000

    Best Riverfront Attraction

    Two Pecan Tree Pond

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