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LALouisianaIt's a boy: a baby mandrill for first-time parents at Audubon Zoo
A healthy male baby mandrill has arrived at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, where first-time parents Lucy and Obi are caring for him.
VAVirginiaA Smithsonian-raised shrike turns up 30 miles from where she was released
A young eastern loggerhead shrike hatched in Front Royal, Virginia, was spotted in Ontario, marking the start of her journey south.
CACaliforniaVolunteers head back to the groves for the mid-season monarch count
Community scientists across California and neighboring regions are preparing for the mid-season monarch count after early tallies showed nearly five thousand overwintering butterflies.
FLFloridaJacksonville Zoo welcomes its first baby bonobo in a decade
Caregivers at the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens are monitoring mother Kimia and her newborn after the facility's first bonobo birth in ten years.