Did you know that red pandas have a unique way of picking up scents left by other red pandas? Get the scoop from Asia Trail keeper Mariel Lally.
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Giant panda Bei Bei celebrated the Lunar New Year with some special Year of the Dog enrichment!
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Geoff Tracy, of Washington, D.C., graduated from Georgetown University in 1995 with a degree in theology. He then went on to graduate first in his class at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Geoff opened the original Chef Geoff’s restaurant in 2000. The restaurant group serves hundreds of thousands of guests every year and employs more than 250 amazing people.
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Mia Keady is a graduate student researcher at the Center for Conservation Genomics. Keady studies the gut microbiome of captive elephants and the relationship to major health concerns in captivity. She is interested in how microorganisms affect the reproductive biology and overall well-being of elephants. Keady’s projects include: Elephant gut microbiome study Keady earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from Nebraska Wesleyan in 2014, and is currently working on her master’s degree at the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University.
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Can elephants do yoga? What about the hokey-pokey? Join in the fun with the National Zoo’s Asian elephants.
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Ellen is a community ecologist with expertise in entomology. Her research focuses on plants, insects, and species interactions, the glue that holds ecosystems together. In rangeland systems, she studies the effects of mammal communities, grazing regimes, and management on ecological communities. Ellen also researches responses to alternations to biogeochemcial cycles, a hallmark of the Anthropocene.
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Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
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Jesse guides species reintroduction efforts and strategies implemented by the Great Plains Science Program that are designed to help restore and rewild grassland ecosystems. This involves navigating a delicate balance of ecology, science, technology, politics, and policy to ensure the viability and long-term success of species reintroduced to the landscape.
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