Explore the Amazon while watching stingrays whirl around
Exhibit Description Explore the Amazon
worked in aquatic ecosystems around the world from the Amazon
worked in aquatic ecosystems around the world from the Amazon
Examining a hormone-signaling pathway thought to underlie variation in social behavior and subsequent network structure in a cooperative lek-breeding bird, the wire-tailed manakin.
Unfamiliar Amazon Mar 15, 2016 Unfamiliarity has made
Roads can be a dangerous challenge for terrestrial and arboreal wildlife. One scientist is trying to change that.
funding to expand my conservation efforts in the Amazon
How do arboreal species in South America—such as the spider monkey and the tamandua—use tree canopies to move from place to place? Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute biologist Tremaine Gregory scaled the forest to find out.
connecting fragmented habitat in the heart of the Amazon
Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Conservation & Development Biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon
When we think about birds migrating to the tropics, we often focus on nearby areas such as Mexico and the Caribbean. However, each fall, millions of songbirds migrate from North America to their wintering areas in the northern Andes of South America.
deforestation rates of the Andes exceed those of the Amazon
The hawk-headed parrot is a colorful bird found in South American rainforests. When frightened, it can raise its neck feathers, forming a fan around its head.
into two subspecies, the accipitrinus north of the Amazon
The Amazonia Exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is buzzing with a current from a brand-new Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab, opening Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. The multisensory lab is home to a 5-foot-long electric eel, capable of generating up to 800 volts of electricity, four black ghost knifefish, more than a dozen bluntnose knifefish and three elephant-nose knifefish.
will also learn about other electric fishes in the Amazon
CCS works in regions of high biodiversity to promote knowledge and develop best practices for the integration of conservation and development. The Center has worked on programs around the world, with ongoing research in Canada, Peru and Gabon.
Image: Biodiversity in the Peruvian Amazon Through
