technology 100 years later, scientists finally know where black-crowned
In 1902, he caught and banded 23 black-crowned night
Learn more about the black-bellied plover, a large – shorebird with a short neck and a distinctive black
Species Profiles Black-bellied Plover
The black pacu is a large, nonaggressive, fruit-eating
pacu Colossoma macropomum The black pacu is a large
Get to know the intelligent, elusive black tree monitor
Black tree monitors are a unique species of monitor
Peru’s pacific coastline, where desert meets sea, lives
Peru’s pacific coastline, where desert meets sea, lives
Did you know that all animals have trillions of microscopic bacteria living inside them? These communities of microbes, known as microbiomes, play an important role in keeping animals healthy.
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Here’s why eating poop can sometimes be good for animal health—and how the practice is even becoming an important part of human and animal medicine.
animals, such as dung beetles, focus their entire lives
intern Andrew Dreelin are learning more about how black-tailed
north-central Montana, we’re learning more about how black-tailed
Guam rails are small, speedy ground birds who can only fly three to 10 feet at a time. They are also only the second bird in history – after the California condor – to recover from being extinct in the wild. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is an active participant in the Guam Rail conservation program. Some of the Guam rails raised at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, go on to be released into the wild on small islands off the coast of Guam. In working with birds like Guam rails, animal care staff monitor their health and behavior closely, weighing the birds regularly and observing them daily. A few years ago, they diagnosed one Guam rail with heart disease.
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Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred gibbons native
Symphalangus syndactylus Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred
