It is also called Mardi Gras City for the wild celebrations and parades that take place there every year.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

He said the goal of creating the park was to protect forever a wild area that cannot be replaced.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

In a disputed decision, officials took the wild condors into captivity so that their breeding could be supervised and protected.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

The researchers point out that gene flow between crops and their wild relatives is common and difficult to contain.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

These are words that visitors use to describe Dolly Sods, a large wild area in the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

On average, rhesus monkeys live about twenty-seven years in captivity, that is,when they live with humans and not in the wild.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

Instead,visitors travel in small buses that take them to areas where they can walk on paths into the wild areas.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

The expression probably began because the jungle is filled with wild animals and unknown dangers that threaten people.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

It is because of his work that the wild forest at Biltmore has an ordered and peaceful look.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

Also,the research showed that traders with the most exposure generally made the most money in wild markets when quick action is required.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

And a gunfight had already taken place that would forever include Tombstone among the famous stories told about the American Wild West.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

African lions are also threatened by human expansion into areas that once were wild lion country.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

They learned that the wild cats might be of two species instead of just one.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

It is estimated that less than two thousand of the animals live in the wild.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

Animals that escaped or were freed became the ancestors of burros in the wild today.

VOA: special.2010.02.16

That is a word used for any kind of wild animal.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

He moved his hips in a way that drove crowds wild.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

The country was so wild that it was called the wilderness.

VOA: special.2009.10.15

That boy put up a fight like a wild animal.

VOA: special.2011.01.22

But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

It's earthy.And spicy.And welcoming. It comes from a pot of wild roots that simmers on the stove all day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Conservationists hope that Sadie May and Scooby Doo will find some fresher evidence of wild tigers and help efforts to save them.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

"What makes it so rare is that it is highly endangered in the wild, in Sumatra, and it is so hard to get to bloom in cultivation."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

that trains dogs to sniff for wild animal feces also called scat.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

So consumers who want to eat shrimp are faced with two choices: trust that random spot checks find any problems with seafood imports or pay more for domestic, wild harvested shrimp.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

Addressing opposition, President Obama referred to what he called scare tactics rather than honest debate, and wild claims by Republicans that reform plans would lead to a government takeover of health care.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10