Ornithologists study the migration patterns of bare-throated bellbirds and snail kites, two birds that spend most of their lives in the tropics.
SMBC ornithologists study bellbirds and kites in Rio
The American alligator is a large crocodilian with an armored body, short legs, a muscular tail and a long, rounded snout. This reptile nearly went extinct but is now considered a conservation success story.
found in the United States from North Carolina to the Rio
The North American river otter is the most abundant otter species, but surprisingly little is known about its life in the wild. These otters are frequently observed playing and sliding together.
are found throughout most of North America from the Rio
Spring migration banding at the Clive Runnell’s Mad Island Marsh Preserve.
The hummingbird is normally found in the Rio Grande
Imagine. It is dark and you have been traveling at an altitude of 5,000 feet for eight hours over arid desert, crossing the Mexican border at midnight. You have been flying on your own two wings, fueled by body fat and guided by the celestial map of the constellations. The sun begins to rise, and the dry, treeless expanse appears below. A serpentine river slithers through the flat valley, shedding off green fields of alfalfa and cotton.
found that the exotic Russian Olive trees along the Rio
Orangutans are the largest arboreal mammals and the most socially solitary of the great apes. All three orangutan species — Bornean, Sumatran and the newly discovered Tapanuli — are critically endangered, primarily due to habitat loss.
Bonnie was born at the Rio Grande Zoo in 1976 and arrived
