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Amy Scarpignato is a research ecologist and bird conservation specialist at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center, which is dedicated to understanding, conserving, and championing the grand phenomenon of bird migration. Scarpignato earned her bachelors of science in ecology and systematic biology from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo in 2003, and her masters of science in natural resources/wildlife biology studying the spatial ecology of common ravens from Humboldt State University in 2011.
Bird Banding Laboratory’s database of band recoveries, which includes more than 5 million

Conservation Ecology Center researchers are collaborating with institutions in Brazil and other Smithsonian colleagues to support sustainable cattle ranching in the Pantanal wetland.
Pantanal is occupied by private cattle ranches that collectively produce up to 3.8 million

The domestic chicken has a small head, short beak and wings, and a round body perched on featherless legs. It is a subspecies of the red junglefowl, a species native to southern Asia.
In 2011, that number grew to 3.1 million acres, and organic food sales followed the

Scientists are using novel technologies to track the long-distance movements of Indian flying foxes in Southeast Asia, a first for this species.
their roosting sites in search of food, with colony groupings approaching nearly 1 million

Clouded leopards dwell in the cloud forests of Southeast Asia and are one of the most ancient cat species. However, they are neither a true great cat nor a true small cat, because they cannot roar or purr.
clouded leopard branched from other members of the Pantherinae family first—over 6 million

Scientists collect and freeze biological materials, such as gametes, tissue, milk and DNA, from threatened species for conservation and research.
Today, the Smithsonian’s cryo-collections number over 1.5 million samples, with genetic

Known for its eye-popping red plumage, the scarlet ibis is a medium-sized wading bird often found near freshwater and brackish water marshes. Flocks of these birds forage in shallow water and roost atop lofty trees.
Fossils of scarlet ibis have been discovered dating back 60 million years.  

The beginning of March was a whirlwind at the Giant Panda Habitat. Mei Xiang finally went into peak estrus March 1 after the panda team had been monitoring her and Tian Tian 24-hours-a-day for nearly a week. There is always a lot of activity around the panda house when Mei Xiang is approaching peak estrus. 
The ideal insemination dose is 800 million motile sperm.

Larger Malay mouse-deer, also called chevrotains, are one of the smallest living hoofed mammals. These nocturnal ungulates are typically found in south and southeast Asia.
mouse-deer are known as "living fossils" because they have changed little in 30 million

Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long, arapaima are the largest freshwater fish in South America. Learn what else makes these animals unique.
that bear a striking resemblance to the arapaima have been dated to more than 13 million