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There is now a new tool that can be used to fight the illegal trade in chimpanzees. The same facial recognition software that social media sites use is now being adapted to recognize trafficked animals, and this algorithm...

3XN and GERNER GERNER PLUS recently revealed their proposal for the design of a new aquarium for Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo. Titled “Poseidon’s Realm,” the proposed aquarium stretches across the landscape like an undulating...

Artful rainwater design has taken root at the Indianapolis Zoo. RATIO Architects recently completed the Bicentennial Pavilion, an open-air events space modeled after a lush rainforest with 11 steel-framed “tree canopies.”...

People in the Netherlands use an estimated 180,000 tons of toilet paper every year. Because this amounts to a lot of trees, last Fall the Dutch province of Friesland repurposed the product to make a bicycle highway. The stretch...

The Copenhagen Zoo is giving the starchitect treatment to the home of its most anticipated new tenants. Bjarke Ingels Group unveiled designs for a beautiful yin and yang-shaped enclosure that will be completed just in time...

Criminal charges may be possible after the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old Western lowland silverback gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo. This past weekend, a four-year-old boy climbed a barrier and fell into the gorilla's enclosure....

A visit to the zoo wouldn’t be complete without a stop by the polar bear enclosure. Seeing the majestic creatures swim around in patterns, without aggressively lunging at kids through the glass, may seem like a wonderful...

The "Migrant Garden" project consisting of 40 bird nests, designed by 40 different architects, meant to remind us of the omnipresence of natural environment which precedes architecture and continues to exist even in the most...

The zoo is built from a six armed star-shaped level designed to maximize space, views and circulation. It is based on a nucleus or a tree trunk from which emerges six branches, each 20 sq meters in size which all serve different...

Zoos sometimes get a bad rap, but they are still wildly popular and a fascinating way to get up close to animals you would never see otherwise. Enter Zootopia - a kindler, gentler, more human zoo that lets animals roam while...

  The “animal box – jungle” by bleebla, a toy design company based in Portugal,  is a minimal rectangular block with 10 animals peeking out of its regular geometry...

Last year, we reported that Dutchman Johan Huibers built a life-size Noah’s Ark as a biblical attraction for the Netherlands. Now four Christians from Florida are taking a page out of his book by unveiling plans to...

Read the rest of Marc Sparfel Crafts a Menagerie of Animals From Discarded Furniture Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", Animals, french, marc sparfel, menagerie, Metal, recycled,...

Read the rest of Buenos Aires’ Bioparque Temaikén Boasts the Largest Aviary in South America Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: acuarium, Animals, Argentina, biopark, Bioparque Temaikén, Buenos...

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