2026 December - 11 articles
Urban green spaces (UGSs) are vital components of urban tourism, providing multifunctional settings for recreation, cultural engagement, and ecological appreciation. Despite their importance, limited research has explored how visitors allocate time,...
Introduction: The artificial environment of zoological gardens poses risks for the transmission of parasitic diseases, among which ascarid infections in bears are exceptionally common. Due to the zoonotic potential of Baylisascaris transfuga and the...
Pain assessment remains a major challenge in avian medicine and wildlife rehabilitation because birds frequently exhibit subtle and species-specific responses that are difficult to detect under field conditions. The objective of this study was to ide...
Zoo habitats are now designed with a larger focus on animal wellbeing and the opportunities provided by more naturalistic environments. While such spaces are assumed to be beneficial for animal wellbeing, evidence to support that assumption is infreq...
Environmental enrichment is commonly used in captive animal management, but the behavioural effects of specific enrichment devices are not always evaluated systematically. We conducted two experiments to evaluate three foraging-based feeding devices...
Botanical gardens function as living historical collections and essential germplasm banks for ex situ conservation. Despite the global importance of the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (JBRJ), founded in 1808 by the King of Portugal, its early floris...
Urbanization and climate change are exerting increasing pressure on biodiversity, particularly in rapidly growing cities of the southwestern United States. While urban development is generally associated with reduced species richness, responses among...
Living collections in botanical gardens play important roles in conservation, research, and education, but their potential to generate interpretable biological information for teaching and management is often underused. This study reports a teaching...
Many modern urban parks have free-ranging animals. This helps with the ex situ conservation of species and raises empathy and awareness. However, these populations, which receive food and medical treatment, can exceed expected densities and require m...
Gardens provide several ecosystem services, including functioning as a habitat for diverse taxa and promoting users’ well-being. Soil biodiversity is considered an important factor in the capacity of the soil to provide ecosystem services. Nema...
Intensive snake husbandry requires evidence-based approaches to environmental management and animal welfare. This study characterized substrate use in six juvenile South American rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus) by comparing a familiar substrate (cor...
