There are five new meerkat pups at the Oakland Zoo in California. According to the zoo, mom Sandy gave birth last month but kept them hidden in tunnels. The pups recently emerged to begin exploring.

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After making waves nationally, Poppy the pygmy hippo has waddled back to the outdoors at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

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Inertia and bureaucracy are turning us into what our critics claim: a place where big ideas die under a mountain of process.

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