Australia Zoo

The program director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Whitney Tilt, said that a major goal of the Save The Tiger Fund is to raise public awareness of the tiger's endangered status. Through tiger days at the zoo, an exhibit at Disney World and Exxon service station promotions, public contributions to the Fund exceeded $1 million. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: Hubble Telescope Sees Deep into the Universe

The ACS field is studded with a wide range of galaxies of various sizes, shapes, and colors. In vibrant contrast to the image's rich harvest of classic spiral and elliptical galaxies, there is a zoo of oddball galaxies littering the field. Some look like toothpicks, others like links on a bracelet. A few galaxies appear to be interacting. These oddball galaxies, that existed 800 million years after the big bang, chronicle a period when the universe was chaotic, when order and structure were just beginning to emerge. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Arab Businesswomen Compare Work Experiences at Tunis Summit

"I don't supervise," said Abdou. "I advise. I work as an internal consultant for the company." She said she cultivates a relaxed atmosphere in the office, telling her employees to sing songs or play football at work as an antidote to the high levels of stress related to marketing. She said the neighboring companies with more traditional work environments find her office "a bit of a zoo." ... [Read More]

Background Notes Archive - East Asia and the Pacific

U.S. Department of StateBackground Notes: Australia, May 1996Bureau of East Asian and Pacific AffairsPrepared and released by the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Australia and New Zealand AffairsMay 1996Official Name: Commonwealth of AustraliaPROFILEGeographyArea: 7.7 million sq. km. (3 million sq. mi.); about the size of the 48 continental United States.Cities: Capital--Canberra (pop. 310,100). Other cities--Sydney (3.7 million), Melbourne (3.1 million), Brisbane (1.3 million), Perth (1.2 million).Terrain: Varied, but generally low-lying.Climate: Relatively dry, ranging from temperate in the south to tropical in the north.PeopleNationality: Noun and adjective--Australian(s).Population (1995): 18.2 million.Annual growth rate: 1.1%.Ethnic groups: European 94%, Asian 5%, Aboriginal 1%.Religions: Anglican 24%, Roman Catholic 26%.Languages: English.Education: Years compulsory--to age 15 in all states except Tasmania, where it is 16. Literacy ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: New American Indian Museum an Ongoing Tribute to Native Cultures

The Smithsonian, established in 1846 by money bequeathed by a British scientist, is the world's largest museum and research complex. It includes 14 museums and the National Zoo in Washington and two museums in New York City. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: House Panel Holds Hearing on Cubans in Vietnam War

Washington -- A Caucasian interrogator, speaking fluent English with a Spanish accent, maniacally beats American prisoners of war (POWs) while their North Vietnamese captors laugh in a camp called "the Zoo," where there are also communist Chinese and Russians. ...

U.S. Air Force Colonel Jack Bomar told the legislators that he and other POWs had seen both Chinese and Russians at "the Zoo," but had had no dealings with them. He also described how "Fidel" would arrive at the camp every day in a staff car chauffeured by a North Vietnamese officer, while the camp commandant, nicknamed "the Lump" had to ride a bicycle to the camp. The Cubans were treated as important officials, Bomar said, and were there with the clear blessings of the Hanoi regime. "The North Vietnamese knew exactly what he was doing up there," Bomar asserted. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: U.S. Troops Initiate Nearly 12,000 Community Projects in Iraq

In a more unusual use of funds, the CERP was accessed to purchase veterinary equipment for the Baghdad Zoo. The zoo's chief veterinarian Adel Salman welcomed the new materiel observing that, "Before the help from the U.S. Army, the zoo was very poor for equipment. There was no surgical capability and little treatment ability because we had no anesthesia or instruments." ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Commerce Dept. Finds Canadian Tomatoes Dumped on U.S. Market

-- BC Hot House Foods, Inc., 18.21 percent; Red Zoo Marketing, 1.86 percent; Veg Gro Sales, Inc., 3.85 percent; Mastronardi Produce Limited, 14.89 percent; I-D Marketing, Inc., 1.52 percent; all others, 16.22 percent. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: Endangered Species Could Be Counted, Tracked From Space

NEW YORK -- (Nov. 17, 2004) Scientists with the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recently been counting their zoo animals from a lofty perch: namely, outer space. Using high-tech cameras fixed to an orbiting satellite 280 miles overhead, a WCS scientific team tallied some of the zoo's own animal collection to see if satellites can help count wildlife populations in remote locations throughout the world. ...

NASA is helping scientists with the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) count their zoo animals from space, according to a November 17 WCS press release. ... [Read More]

WEB RESOURCES FOR KIDS

Department of Agriculture for Kids Department of Energy: Cool Science Department of Energy: Kid's Zone Department of Interior: Astro Kids! Department of Interior: Just for Kids Energy Information Administration: Kid's Page EPA: Environmental Kids Club (Grades K-4) EPA: Global Warming Kids Site Federal Aviation Administration: Kids Corner NASA: Kids NASA: Robin Whirlybird (Grades 5-8) NASA: Space Place NASA: StarChild NASA: Students (Grades K-4) NASS Kids: Agriculture & Math Fun! National Agricultural Library: Kids' Science Page National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Kids' Pages Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory: Just for Kids! San Diego Zoo: Kid Territory U.S. National Zoo: Just for Kids ... [Read More]