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zoo

[zoo] / zu /
NOUN
parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition
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NOUN
crowded, wild, and chaotic place
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"Many zoo studies focus only on what happens immediately after food is provided," Associate Professor Whittaker said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Also offered: a straw maze, pumpkin decorating, a petting zoo, giant rocking horses, slides and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The zoo previously hosted a pair, Lun Lun and Yang Yang, who had seven offspring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The only other reveal was that two Chinese pandas would soon arrive at a US zoo.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Where is the justice in this world, I ask you? Governesses receiving mail! Ladies’ maids taking trips to the zoo!

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

The numbers of pandas in U.S. zoos climbed through the mid-2010s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He has also been fascinated by reptiles for most of his life and has long supported zoos, museums, and natural history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

When the UK left the European Union in 2020, zoos in this country were not able to use EU agreements which were in place, for the transportation of animals between European countries.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

After a bigger splash at the New York World’s Fair in 1964, Mold-A-Ramas proliferated across the U.S., popping up in zoos, museums and anywhere tourists might exchange a coin for a toy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Eventually they can learn, but it takes a long time and most zoos won’t take them.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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