It was a busy week for Echo’s cheetah cubs! Not only did Echo move them to a new den, but keepers were able to weigh the cubs and determine their sex.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
Today was a big day for keepers and cheetah cubs alike. For the first time, keepers were able to approach the four cubs born April 8. Learn more in this Q&A with cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
In September, Conservation Ecology Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow John McEvoy traveled to Mongolia to track wolves and to study the movement behavior of reintroduced Przewalski’s horses—the last of the truly wild horse species. The following is an excerpt from his travel log.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
Dr. Suzan Murray, head of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Global Health Program testifies on zoonotic disease transmission.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
In October, Global Health Program veterinary fellows participated in the annual Laikipia Rabies Vaccination Campaign in Laikipia County, Kenya, which aims to eradicate (or completely eliminate) the virus from the region.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
It’s not easy to be low on the food chain. But white-bearded wildebeests face a threat even greater than lions and leopards. Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing an alarming collapse in their numbers, says Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientist Jared Stabach. In March, he traveled to Kenya to join University of Glasgow and Kenya Wildlife Service colleagues track how these fantastic ‘beests’ are faring when food is scarce.
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A lifelong goal to save animals led Smithsonian fellow Molly Corder to find ways to protect critically endangered black rhinos from extinction threats.
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
Asia Trail is home to the some of the largest continent’s most unique species: sloth bears, red pandas, Asian small-clawed otters, clouded leopards and fishing cats.
The American Bison exhibit is located adjacent to the Asia Trail Exhibit.
Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its “spice” back?
March 20, 2025 Why I’m Tracking Bison Herds Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan
How do you create a menu that is pleasing to the palates of giant pandas, flamingos and fishing cats?
Kids’ Farm, Grevy’s zebra and kudu at Cheetah Conservation Station, and American bison
