For mother and zoo, a pride and joy
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The most exciting new arrival at the Franklin Park Zoo in several years, a skinny brown tangle of limbs with a tufted blond mohawk, clung tightly to its mother&#39;s belly yesterday while onlookers ogled in amazement.
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At least one happy family was singing in the rain at Wimbledon on Monday. A mother duck and her four fluffy ducklings have been reunited during a dramatic tournament.
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Conservationists in DR Congo celebrate the birth of a baby mountain gorilla in the Virunga National Park.
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A Sumatran tiger named Dema licks baby orangutan Nia at the Taman Safari zoo Wednesday in Bogor, Indonesia. The two animals became inseparable playmates after they were abandoned by their mothers.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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Eartha Kitt's childhood experiences and adult crash course in zoology have given her a keen appreciation for hornetsâ nest.
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Should zookeepers intervene when a mom wants to eat her offspring? That's the question being debated by Germany's polar bear lovers
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The 60-year-old New Jersey woman who last week gave birth to twins has returned home with the babies, saying she feels "fantastic."
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Mothers want to indulge themselves and at the same time bond with their girls.
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Now that her problems with the customs department have ended , there are joyful tidings for
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The National Zoo's new cheetah cubs frolicked in the snow, flipped backward down a grassy hill and playfully swatted each other Friday, exploring their yard under the watchful eye of their mother.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - "It's a dream," proclaimed the beaming 32-year-old new mother Friday as she cuddled her day-old baby girl, born following a pioneering ovarian tissue transplant performed after the woman was made infertile by chemotherapy.    Doctors hailed the breakthrough procedure, saying it sent a "big message of hope" to cancer patients who have lost their fertility and could one day allow women to delay motherhood beyond menopause...
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The two have formed a mutual admiration club.
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"Bark Mitzvahs," pet chaplains, and kitty funerals are all part of a growing recognition by churches and synagogues of the bonds people have with their animals.
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At the Brookfield Zoo, cicadas are a lot more than just really noisy insects: They're delicious treats.
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Linda Pelzman appreciates the beauty of the outdoor world, sometimes pulling her children into the yard to gaze at a full moon or peer into a dense fog. An educator and founder of a summer camp, she only wishes her enthusiasm was fully shared.
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Family, friends, fans and movie stars joined together to say a final goodbye to &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin in an emotional service fuelled by laughter, tears and song.
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More proof that if Mama's not happy, nobody's happy: Watch an alpha female diplay her power in a troupe of bonobo apes, and learn how such mighty moms raise their babies.