The tiger cubs are one month old today. And Damai has moved them back into a den on the tiger cam!
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Follow Smithsonian scientists into the field as they work to save species around the globe.
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Check out a video of last week’s giant panda cub exam!
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Western lowland gorilla infant Moke is making noise—with enrichment!
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With two youngsters, Moke and Redd, growing up at the Great Ape House, primate staff are taking the rare opportunity to study the gestures and spatial proximity between gorilla and orangutan mother-infant dyads.
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At 9 months old, Rosalie’s cubs are teething!
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Keepers had a chance to weigh Bei Bei on Thursday, October 1, when Mei Xiang left her den to eat. He now weighs about 5 lbs. This is an increase of a pound since he was weighed last week!
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As the curator of Great Cats, Andean bears and Africa Trail areas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Craig Saffoe is responsible for the overall care and management of dozens of individual animals. He works with a team of animal keepers to care for and facilitate the breeding of the Zoo’s large carnivores, including one of the most critically endangered species, Sumatran tigers.
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Candace Stenzel is a regional conservation specialist for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center’s Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective. As part of these efforts, Stenzel serves as the liaison between the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center and various land management agencies and shorebird initiatives to help translate shorebird tracking and survey data into on-the-ground conservation actions.
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Clemson University scientists have found that poaching is an emerging crisis in Myanmar for Asian elephants.
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