How do you get a job at a zoo? Depending on the job, there are a lot of different answers. But there is one thing they all require: a commitment to the welfare of animals and the conservation of species.
Gift Shop Manager Manages staff and all aspects of gift shop operation from buying
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The original Kandula was a gift to an infant prince 2,150 years ago.
Giant pandas are native to central China and have come to symbolize vulnerable species. As few as 1,864 giant pandas live in their native habitat, while another 600 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world.
The gift was used to fund conservation efforts in China, reproductive science, professional
Lemurs like to do more than move it, move it. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, these primates party! Every April, animal keepers throw a big birthday bash for the Zoo’s ring-tailed lemurs, black-and-white ruffed lemurs and red-fronted lemur to raise awareness about these critically endangered species.
Want to give the lemurs a birthday gift?
„Shellebrate“ land hermit crabs and take a behind-the-scenes look at how keepers built a habitat for these charismatic crustaceans.
When people acquire a hermit crab from a gift store, kiosk or pet store, they may
There’s a new species at the Bird House! Animal keeper Stacy Hill gives us the rundown on the clapper rail.
often hunt for sport well beyond what people might find on their porches as a “gift
The largest living land mammals, elephants are intelligent, social and vital to their ecosystems.
They were a gift to the Smithsonian from the Rotterdam Zoo in South Holland, Netherlands
If readers are interested in giving the cats a birthday gift, we would love either
Smithsonian’s National Zoo scientists are all over the globe and, most recently, at the peaks of Machu Picchu, Peru!
training station for other facilities that want to care for Andean bears—like a gift
The new bear in town is curious, daring and incredibly charming—meet Andean bear Brienne! This fall, she joined her grandmother Billie Jean and beau-to-be Quito at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Friends of the National Zoo with a special tax-deductible gift
