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The New Conservationists: Where Do Zoos Fit into the Conservation Puzzle? (Part 1)

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Ashleigh Papp, an animal scientist turned storyteller, takes us on a trip to the zoo. People are divided on zoos, but as Papp explains, the thoughtful work that goes into caring for animals makes modern zoos conservation powerhouses. This is part one of The New Conservationists, a four-part Friday Fascination series about the evolving world of animal conservation. Recommended reading: – Flying Conservationists Teach Endangered Birds to Migrate – The Last Wild Horses Are Finally Returning to Their Natural Habitat – Great Nicobar Island Is a Paradise in Danger E-mail us at sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.  Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with co-host Ashleigh Papp. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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But of course, there are plenty of furry and scaly friends we don't keep in our houses and yards.

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And for those critters, surviving and thriving in the future will likely be a challenge.

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We don't actually know how many species of animals inhabit this planet with us,

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but we've noted and named more than 1.5 million, according to estimates from the International

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Union for Conservation of Nature's red list. About 17,800 of those species are currently

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threatened with extinction. While humans have a lot to do with that, we can also be part of the solution.

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For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman. Today we're kicking off a four-part

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fascination series about the evolving world of animal conservation. We're calling it the new conservation

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over the next four shows, which we're airing back to back, because it's almost

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the end of 2024, so we thought we'd do one last mini-series to wrap up the year, we'll travel

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all over to see how the science of caring for and protecting animals is changing. We'll see how

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artificial intelligence is shifting the conversation around conservation. We'll meet members of

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