Anne’s filly is doing wonderfully. She cut her first tooth last week!
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What’s better than a dad joke? An animal joke! August 16 is National Tell a Joke Day. So get your laugh tracks ready, because we’ve got a few toadally awesome animal jokes that are sure to leave kids quacking up.
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We have an animal care update from our Great Cats team. Last week, one of our African lion cubs—a male born to Shera and Luke—had not gained as much weight as expected and was exhibiting some lameness in his right leg.
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Counting with colorful creatures is the best way to learn pre-math concepts!
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Smithsonian scientists work to save tigers from extinction by stopping poaching and trafficking, reducing conflict and conserving habitat.
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What does feeding time look like for five growing cheetah cubs and their mom? Watch the video to find out how fast Rosalie and her cubs can devour more than 10 pounds of meat.
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In late-September, our 38-year-old Asian elephant Bozie started displaying colic-like symptoms. Through blood tests, staff discovered that she has a serious infection that is affecting her appetite.
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Visitors may have noticed that 12-year-old African lion Luke has had an on-again, off-again limp. As part of his treatment, the veterinary team is performing deep-tissue laser therapy, electroacupuncture and dry-needle acupuncture on the affected areas.
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James Mouton is an ecologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center. He seeks to understand how environmental variation (e.g., rainfall), species interactions (e.g., predation), and management actions influence the population dynamics of songbirds. His current research uses quantitative analyses and behavioral experiments to understand how predation by the island scrub-jay influences reproductive success and abundance in other songbirds to help inform management in Channel Islands National Park.
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Elin Videvall is a postdoctoral researcher at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation Genomics. Videvall works with birds and malaria parasites on the islands of Hawaii. She uses genomics, transcriptomics and population genetics to better understand how endemic Hawaiian honeycreepers respond to introduced malaria disease.
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