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Know the importance of maintaining genetic diversity during the breeding programs of endangered species in captivity

Learn about the zoological researches undertaken at the Fota Wildlife Park, part of research-led teaching at University College Cork

Learn how zookeepers take care of animals' nutrition, enrichment, and environmental cleaning as well as visitors' education

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Polar bear in a zoo.

Pro and Con: Zoos

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The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

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History of Technology Timeline

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks

Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

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Know the importance of maintaining genetic diversity during the breeding programs of endangered species in captivity

Know the importance of maintaining genetic diversity during the breeding programs of endangered species in captivity

Why genetic diversity is important when breeding animals in captivity.

Video: © Behind the News (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Learn about the zoological researches undertaken at the Fota Wildlife Park, part of research-led teaching at University College Cork

Learn about the zoological researches undertaken at the Fota Wildlife Park, part of research-led teaching at University College Cork

Zoological field research taking place at Fota Wildlife Park, near Cork, Ireland.

Video: University College Cork, Ireland (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Learn how zookeepers take care of animals' nutrition, enrichment, and environmental cleaning as well as visitors' education

Learn how zookeepers take care of animals' nutrition, enrichment, and environmental cleaning as well as visitors' education

Job description of a zookeeper.

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Two jaguars in a zoo.

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