An archive of press releases from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
low-cost canopy bridges over Highway BR-174 in the Amazon
An archive of press releases from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
low-cost canopy bridges over Highway BR-174 in the Amazon
Humans have Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Wire-tailed manakins have social networks, too. For more than 17 years, Smithsonian ornithologist Brandt Ryder has studied this bird’s unique social systems. Learn more in this Q&A.
dramatic increases in rainfall in the Ecuadorean Amazon
low-cost canopy bridges over Highway BR-174 in the Amazon
An archive of press releases from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
low-cost canopy bridges over Highway BR-174 in the Amazon
The electric eel is a knifefish and is more closely related to catfish and carp than to other eel families. This electric fish can generate up to 800 volts of electricity!
lakes, streams, pools and flooded forests of the Amazon
Brown pelicans are found along both coasts of North America. Though once threatened by the insecticide DDT, they were one of the first species to recover from the effects and have since been removed from the Endangered Species List.
be found from Virginia, south to the mouth of the Amazon
The Reptile Discovery Center celebrates the diversity, beauty and unique adaptations of more than 70 reptiles and amphibians.
Vietnamese mossy frog Image: Yellow-spotted Amazon
This Amphibian Week, take a closer look at what makes these species so wonderfully weird and worthy of our attention.
They are native to the Amazon River Basin in South
Con frecuencia, cuando pensamos en las aves que emigran a los trópicos las ubicamos en áreas cercanas como el Caribe y México.
habitat Use of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds in the Amazon
