One of the new cheetah cubs born in Virginia. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo) Four new cheetah cubs are in need of names after their mother, Echo, gave birth to the litter back on April 8. You can watch the cheetah cubs — three boys and a girl — on the cheetah cub cam, and also vote for their names. The cubs live at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. There are only a few days remaining in the vote. The winning names will be announced on May 27. Right now, voters can choose among eight possible names, including:
Female names
Iambe
Vivace
Amabala
Male names
Jabari
Hasani
Tolbo
Phoenix
Erindi
See a video below of the cheetahs’ first exam with the institute’s veterinarians.
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Mesmerizing jellyfish take center stage at 1st US museum dedicated solely to the floating predators
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The floating tentacled predators pulse and swirl in hypnotic patterns in the dark museum space, lit primarily by images projected on the walls and the glowing light from the saltwater tanks.
The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, is believed to be the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to the translucent invertebrates, and one of the few such spaces in the world, according to the city and the museum’s founders.
It was created by Alex and Yana Yanovsky, who previously developed successful aquariums in Ukraine, including their first jellyfish museum in Kyiv. The couple left those facilities behind when they fled Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion, operations manager Jessica Eisenbarth said.
The museum, which opened this past spring, is the couple's first aquatic attraction since immigrating to the U.S., but they'd like to expand.
