Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Guinea

Lilly Parker is a graduate fellow at the Center for Conservation Genomivs. Her research interests include many aspects of evolutionary biology, including population and landscape genomics and phylogenomics, as well as methodology for sequencing DNA from suboptimal materials, including non-invasive, ancient and environmental samples. She is also passionate about science outreach and education, in particular increasing representation of underrepresented minorities and women in STEM fields. Parker’s projects include:
understand how the complex geological and geographic history of Wallacea and New Guinea

Keepers can learn a lot about an animal’s needs just by monitoring its weight. But how do you weigh a wiggly ferret or get a full-grown elephant onto a scale? Find out in this update from primate keeper Erin Stromberg.
Image: In Amazonia, guinea pigs step into a plastic bin where they are rewarded

The Smithsonian National Zoo’s new agouti needs a name and we need your help!  
Native to South America and similar in appearance to a Guinea pig—but larger and

From reptiles and amphibians to fish, birds and mammals, meet the animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
House Green tree python Exhibit: Reptile Discovery Center Guinea

The small, critically endangered Philippine crocodile was once prevalent throughout the Philippines but now lives only on a few islands.
Philippine crocodiles were considered a subspecies of the New Guinea crocodile (Crocodylus

One year ago, our Primate team celebrated the much anticipated birth of a western lowland gorilla: Zahra!
native countries of Gabon, Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea

The Reptile Discovery Center team is warming up to a new monitor lizard this winter. The young Komodo dragon, named Onyx, moved into his new habitat Dec. 10.
Image: Murphy eats frozen-thawed mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, chicken, beef,

Get the extended ‘tail’ of what goes into caring for the Zoo’s three bobcats, straight from animal keeper Charlie Shaw!
and tendons to chew on—twice a week, and a whole prey item (such as frozen-thawed guinea

Sept. 24 is World Gorilla Day, and we are celebrating with an update on our 2-year-old, Moke, and his troop! 
native countries of Gabon, Central Africa Republic, Cameroon, Angola, Equatorial Guinea

Get up close to the animals of the Amazon, including turtles, sting rays, arapaima and roseate spoonbills. Or, see cutting-edge Zoo science at Amphibian Alert and the Coral Lab.
stingray Image: Gray tree frog Image: Green aracari Image: Guinea