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Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center is sending one of its stranding response team experts to New Orleans to help care for sea turtles...
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Preservation efforts by groups such as Audubon have been no match for coastal erosion... That is why Audubon is considering a measure that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: opening the sanctuary to oil and gas drilling. Profits would be used to pay for marsh restoration, multimillion-dollar land-building projects that Audubon cannot now afford.
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White gators found 22 years ago have become a signature animal for the institute, which owns the Audubon Zoo, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the Audubon Insectarium - where the new hatchlings are on exhibit.
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Buggin' Out at the Audubon Insectarium
On November 24-25 and 27-29 you can sample traditional Thanksgiving dishes done in ways you'll only find at the Insectarium; turkey with cricket stuffing, green bean multi-legged munchies casserole and pumpkin wax worm pie, to name a few.
Read more via auduboninstitute.org
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Photo by Voyou Desoeuvre, courtesy FlickrCity plans for a renovated Armstrong Park include adding a number of bronze statues like this one of Louis Armstrong.
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Audubon Park will be the topic of a free lecture Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Cabildo.
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JENNIFER ZDON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
Heidi Fournier laughs with her 22-month old daughter
Ashley as they ride the carousel around at Audubon Zoo.
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