The Amazon became an alternative classroom during the pandemic. Now, the educational forest in Batraja, Bolivia, lives on to teach children and adults the value of nature.
Forests
Baby panda sees snow for the first time
The Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park of Washington released a video featuring a cub of female giant panda named Bao Bao, which was born in the park in August 2013, playing and rolling over in the snow for the first time, after a snowfall hit the US capital over the first days of January. The snowfall led officials to
The Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park of Washington released a video featuring a cub of female giant panda named Bao Bao, which was born in the park in August 2013, playing and rolling over in the snow for the first time, after a snowfall hit the US capital over the first days of January.
The snowfall led officials to close the park to the public. This allowed Bao Bao and other species, including seals and wolves, enjoying winter time. Giant pandas, native to cold Chinese forests, love snow and ice. However, global warming and deforestation are destroying their habitat, pushing the species to the brink of extinction, with only 1,600 individuals left in the wild.
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