/ Zoo Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /arts/blog/weekender-crocker-menagerie <h2 class="heading--underline"><strong>Modern Menagerie at the Crocker has a zoo connection; through March 31</strong></h2> <p>The Crocker Art Museum is featuring part of its permanent collection right now in <em>Modern Menagerie</em> an exhibition of sculptures by Loet Vanderveen, a California artist originally from the Netherlands. Vanderveen became internationally recognized for his remarkable ability to capture animals' subtle expressions and gestures with minimal detail.&nbsp;The exhibition primarily features works from the Crocker's permanent collection.</p> December 13, 2018 - 5:27pm Karen Michele Nikos /arts/blog/weekender-crocker-menagerie /news/scientists-and-zoos-team-landmark-elephant-welfare-project <p>Given that elephants are the largest land mammals on the planet, one might expect that when it comes to enclosures for zoo elephants, size matters.</p> <p>However, a newly released study in which the University of California,&nbsp;Davis, played a key role reveals that social interactions and having an array of opportunities to engage with their surroundings may be&nbsp;more important to elephants’ welfare than space.</p> July 14, 2016 - 11:00am Patricia Bailey /news/scientists-and-zoos-team-landmark-elephant-welfare-project