The nene goose flourished in Hawaii until humans started to settle these tropical islands.  More than 25,000 nenes called Hawaii their home.  Non-native land predators like cats, dogs, and the mongoose found the land-loving nene, an easy target while humans destroyed their habitat.  Sadly by 1951, no more than 30 nenes remained on Hawaii. 

Text messaging is a popular way to communicate and stay connected on topics ranging from gossip to garage sales, but who knew this ubiquitous behavior could also protect at-risk animals? 

Imagine the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State and Chrysler buildings and even the Las Vegas strip completely dark. That possibility will become reality during the Earth Hour 2010 Global Event beginning at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27. Earth Hour is designed to highlight global climate change and world energy use. The event is being supported by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), other environmental groups and local governments in more than 1,000 cities around the globe.

Ask anyone in the Zoological Operations Department at SeaWorld about how their career working with animals began, and I'm positive that most of the answers you hear will be very similar to my own.

A recently rescued manatee continues to recover from cold stress at SeaWorld Orlando's Animal Rehabilitation Center.

At one time, around 100 species of rhinos roamed the earth. Today, only five remain and all are among the planet's most at-risk species.

When January storms battered San Diego, polluted runoff water may have sickened some 500 brown pelicans. According to Stephanie Costelow, SeaWorld San Diego's curator of birds, the park took in and cared for 102 sick birds in January alone.

Despite a recent warm-up, manatees are still feeling the chill from Florida's unseasonably cold and extended winter. SeaWorld Orlando's Animal Rescue Team rescued a young female manatee suffering from cold stress on March 9. This was the park's 11th cold-stress related manatee rescue this year. The approximately five-foot-long sea cow was rescued from a canal near Satellite Beach, Fla.

For more than a decade, SeaWorld has contributed to the success of a seabird conservation program off the coast of Maine, called “Project Puffin.” 

Launched in 1973 by the National Audubon Society, the program has developed techniques to restore puffins and other seabirds to habitats once decimated by human activities. 

On January 7, Takara, an 18-year-old, 5,080-pound killer whale in San Antonio, gave birth.