World Gorilla Day
World Gorilla Day falls on the anniversary of the founding of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda in 1967. The day celebrates gorillas and the people who study and protect them. A mature male develops the silver-gray hair that gives a silverback his name. Gorillas also have individual patterns of wrinkles around their nostrils. Researchers […]
National Feral Cat Day
October 16 is National Feral Cat Day! This special day was first celebrated in 2001 to help raise awareness of feral cats and the promotion of “TNR”- Trap-Neuter-Return. It is estimated that 50-70 million feral cats live in the United States. To find out what you can do to help feral cats, visit FeralCat or […]
International Sawfish Day
The Sawfish Conservation Society launched International Sawfish Day to bring attention to these unusual rays. Their most recognizable feature is the long, flattened snout lined with toothlike projections. The saw can detect weak electrical signals from prey, and a sawfish can sweep it from side to side to strike at fish. The structures along its […]
World Okapi Day
World Okapi Day celebrates a forest animal found in the wild only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Those striped legs may remind you of a zebra, but the okapi’s closest living relative is the giraffe. Like a giraffe, an okapi can use its long tongue to pull leaves from branches. Its big ears […]