This book situates zoos as trusted cultural institutions with valuable affordances for engaging people in natural resource conservation.

This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. And while we all have opinions on

As one of the world's most popular cultural activities, wild animal collections have been attracting visitors for 5,000 years. Under the direction of Vernon N.

"The putative mission of zoos - education and conservation - yield doubtful results, education because its information relies on description and exposition inst

Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate chang