Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Bison

Meet the loggerhead shrike—a beautiful songbird with a gruesome reputation for impaling its prey on thorns and barbs. More frightening than the “butcher bird’s” hunting habit is the reality that their populations are in steep decline. Since 2005, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) has worked to breed and reintroduce this bird back into the wild. Get an inside glimpse of what it takes to care for and conserve shrikes from bird keeper Leighann Cline! 
fur and hair from cheetahs, Przewalski’s horses and bison

The Reptile Discovery Center celebrates the diversity, beauty and unique adaptations of more than 70 reptiles and amphibians.
Trail Image: Amazonia Image: American Bison

During the federal government shutdown from, Jan. 2 to Jan. 28, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s animal care team, almost all federal workers, reported to work and provided the same level of care for the Zoo’s animals as any other day. Read an overview of top animal news updates that happened during this time.
animals who enjoy colder weather, like these American bison

In the midst of the pandemic, as the story goes, a team set out to bring swift foxes back to a land they had disappeared from more than 50 years ago. Learn more in this update from landscape ecologist Hila Shamon.
soft-release pens, seemed very calm and ate a lot of the bison

Elephant Trails is more than an exhibit; it is also an extensive conservation program built on decades of science. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s rich history of caring for and studying Asian elephants spans more than a century.
Trail Image: Amazonia Image: American Bison

From salamanders to siamangs, prairie dogs to pandas, and everything in between, all Zoo animals receive veterinary care. Often, that means an animal needs to take medicine. Find out how keepers and veterinarians administer medicine in this update.
animals comprising a wide variety of taxa, from bugs to bison

The Kirtland’s warbler is an endangered migratory songbird that breeds almost exclusively in Michigan and winters primarily in the Bahamas. The species nests on the ground and will only breed in young Jack Pine forests.
There are no bison in Michigan and bison don’t use