Think of a favorite animal (this could be a pet, an animal you have seen at the Minnesota Zoo, an animal from a favorite show or book, etc). This animal can be real or imaginary.
Once you have your favorite animal in mind, your task is to describe this animal in as much detail as […]
Perspective Taking With an Animal
For this activity, you will want to either observe an animal in your day-to-day life (e.g. pet or birds or squirrels or worms or other animals outside) or you can imagine an animal you saw in the past (maybe even at the Minnesota Zoo!) or look for videos or pictures […]
Perhaps one of the most widely used platforms, iNaturalist gathers observations of the natural world from people all over the globe. Naturalists can submit their own observations on everything from the birds at a backyard feeder to the different types of weeds sprouting out of sidewalk cracks. And since it’s a global platform, iNaturalist […]
On your next nature hike or walk, try picking a theme to focus on such as colors, shapes or sounds.
Here are some tips for fun ways to notice the many colors of nature!
It’s officially spring, and what better time to get outside and start noticing your surroundings! As winter melts into spring, there are many subtle changes we can begin to take note of. Do you notice any new smells? What birds and other animals might you hear? You might even find some green plant life […]
In 2009, the Minnesota Zoo joined forces with Save the Rhino Trust in Namibia to help protect critically endangered black rhinoceros. This specific population of black rhinos located in the arid, rugged north-west of Namibia are unique in that they are one of the last truly wild rhino populations and the largest to persist […]
It might surprise you to learn that the most trafficked mammal in the world is one you may have never heard of. Pangolins are scaly anteaters that inhabit parts of Asia and Africa and are one of the most unique animals in the world. They are the only mammal species to have hardened scales […]
Did you know that many species of insects survive Minnesota winters by “hibernating” throughout the cold months? While some insects, such as the monarch butterfly, choose to migrate south for winter, others stay put and enter into diapause, a process whereby the insect’s metabolism slows and development stops and it enters a sleep-like state […]
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