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Learn about meerkats and prairie dogs at this virtual Tucson class tomorrow
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Learn about meerkats and prairie dogs at this virtual Tucson class tomorrow

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated May 4, 2020

Reid Park Zoo and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are teaming up to host a virtual class on Tuesday. 

Quillbert, the porcupine at Tucson's Desert Museum, has died
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Quillbert, the porcupine at Tucson's Desert Museum, has died

  • Stephanie Casanova
  • Updated Feb 26, 2020

Quillbert, the North American porcupine, was experiencing gastrointestinal issues for two days before he died Wednesday, February 19. 

31 things to do in Tucson this weekend Nov. 15-17
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31 things to do in Tucson this weekend Nov. 15-17

  • Jen Bond | This Is Tucson
  • Updated May 28, 2024

There is something here for everyone. Check out local turkey trots, festivals, movies, shopping, freebies and more.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum shows that enrichment exercises are for wild animals, too
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum shows that enrichment exercises are for wild animals, too

  • Gloria Knott
  • Updated Jun 16, 2020
  • 3 min to read

From Javelinas that paint and stingrays that swim through hoops, here's how the Desert Museum keeps its animals mentally and physically stimulating

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

A javelina places her nose up to the fence after finishing the javelina painting at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd., on Septemb…

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

Emily Kornmuller, Mammalogy and Ornithology animal keeper, prepares a painting canvas for the javelina paint on at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museu…

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

Emily Kornmuller, animal keeper, holds up the javelina's finish painting at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd., on September 11th,…

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

Penny, skunk at Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, moves through a cat toy to find food at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd., on Sept…

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

Sheldon Plankton, Black Tail Prairie Dog, searches for a peanut in an enrichment toy at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum 2021 N Kinney Rd., on Sep…

Animal enrichment

Animal enrichment

  • Rebecca Sasnett / Arizona Daily Star
  • Oct 5, 2019

Sheldon Plankton, left, and Sandy Cheeks, black tail prairie dogs, search through newspaper strips in a Quaker Oats container at Arizona-Sonor…

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