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The berrendo pronghorn were once abundant in Baja, but now only exist in the Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve area. The pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere and can sustain running at high speeds longer than cheetahs. There are five pronghorn subspecies and the Antilocapra americana peninsularis in Baja are in critical danger of going extinc...
Best Friends Animal Society, founded in its present form in 1984, is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) animal welfare organization. Best Friends works nationwide in outreach programs with shelters, other rescue groups and members to promote pet adoption, spay-and-neuter services, and humane education programs.
The Foundation church relocated animals from an Arizona...
Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park is a 240 square kilometres (93 sq mi) protected area located in the Western Ghats of South India, in Sanguem taluk, Goa along the eastern border with Karnataka. The area is situated near the town of Molem, 57 kilometres (35 mi) east of Panaji, the state capital of Goa. National Highway 4A divides it into two parts an...
The Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest in Belarus and Puszcza Białowieska in Poland, is an ancient woodland straddling the border between the two countries, located 70 km (43 mi) north of Brest (Belarus) and 62 km (39 mi) south-east of Białystok (Poland). It is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest which once spread across t...
Bifengxia Panda Base ("Valley of the Green Peak") is a giant panda breeding facility in Ya'an, Sichuan, China. Since opening in 2004, it has become home to several more giant pandas. This includes the U.S.-born Hua Mei and Mei Sheng, who were relocated there after the May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake severely damaged the panda breeding center at the Wolong National Nat...
The Big Bear Alpine Zoo is a zoo in Big Bear Lake, California, United States. It is one of two Alpine zoos in the United States! It specializes in rehab and release of local Alpine species and also has a permanent collection of animals in their zoo (most of which can not be released). It is located across the street from Bear Mountain Ski Resort.
The Big Bear Alpine Z...
Big Bend National Park has had more species of birds recorded than at any other US National Park - nearly 450 species. NPS Unit Point Reyes National Seashore has more species at 490. Many are migrants that pass through, though some are tropical species that occasionally overshoot their nesting grounds and end up north of the Rio Grande.
The first U.S. record of the No...
Big Cat Preserves are not zoos; they’re sanctuaries where the animals come first in the eyes of the operators. They exist to provide shelter and habitat for exotic animals that have been abused, neglected or abandoned by those unable or unwilling to care for the magnificent animals after they have been removed from the wild and most likely no longer possessive o...
Hemenway Park in Boulder City is a small city park with tennis & basketball courts, a playground, picnic shelters & views of Lake Mead. Rocky Mtn Sheep like to visit the park. They often come down from the hills to graze on the manicured lawns of this city park.
do not feed the sheep or get near them.
Bighorn sheep are found throughout subalpine forests in Great Sand Dunes National Preserve; they are most commonly seen along the Medano Pass Primitive Road. In summer months, some groups may migrate higher to alpine tundra.
Male bighorn sheep are called "rams", with thick spiral horns that are used to battle other males during mating season. Unlike antlers, horns gr...
The bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) is a species of sheep in North America named for its large horns. These horns can weigh up to 30 lb (14 kg), while the sheep themselves weigh up to 300 lb (140 kg). Recent genetic testing indicates three distinct subspecies of Ovis canadensis, one of which is endangered:O. c. sierrae. Sheep originally crossed to North America over t...
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,047-acre (45 km²) National Wildlife Refuge located in Mississippi County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Manila, Arkansas, and consists mostly of a shallow lake, swamp, and bottomland hardwood forests. The preservation of habitat for waterfowl in ...
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge is a 50,000-acre (202 km2) nature preserve in southeast Indiana near Madison, Indiana.
The refuge was formed in 2000 after a 1989 order to gradually close the Jefferson Proving Ground, a World War II era munitions testing facility, which was completed by 1995. The refuge is located north of the historic firing line and surrounds a 1,...
Bioluminescent plankton can be found on the shores of Phu Quoc island. When the sun has set, stars are shining and the water is disturbed by the waves or swimmers the plankton glow activates.
Bird Island is a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. It serves as a breeding ground for birds (primarily Cape cormorants) and yields guano which is collected and sold.
Bird Island was conceived and constructed by Adolf Winter, a German who emigrated to South West Africa (now known as Namibia) in 1912. Winter took a train from ...