Smithsonian scientists are conducting a rhinoceros medicine workshop in Kenya and investigating a skin infection plaguing the endangered black rhinoceros.
research was supported, in part, by Friends of the National Zoo’s Conservation Nation
A new study from SCBI and partners compares the bacterial communities (microbiome) in the gut of wild rhinos to that of those in human care, resulting in a recommendation for a health-boosting rhino diet.
efforts to preserve critically endangered black rhinos by donating to Conservation Nation
Smithsonian scientists, in collaboration with the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department, are embarking on a five-year swift fox reintroduction project to restore swift foxes to tribal lands and to help reestablish connectivity between disjointed swift fox populations.
Conservation efforts by the Canadian government, Blackfeet Nation, and Assiniboine
Asian elephants get much less attention than African elephants, but there is less than a tenth as many left in the world. About 500,000 African elephants remain in the wild compared to 30,000 to 50,000 Asian elephants.
Make a donation to Friends of the National Zoo’s Conservation Nation program.
What does it take to care for an Andean bear? In March, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) staff returned to Peru—the bears’ home turf—to share their expertise.
This research was also made possible, in part, by Conservation Nation.
There are only 135 Guam kingfishers in the world, but scientists around the world are working to change that by breeding the species for release in the near future.
efforts to preserve extinct in the wild Guam kingfishers by donating to Conservation Nation
Hop into caring for and discovering new things about Bennett’s wallabies with animal keeper Esther Wray!
When our current wallabies first arrived at Smithsonian’s Nation Zoo in 2018, it
An unseasonably strong storm in fall 2022 stirred up some romance between two Panamanian golden frogs. Now, Reptile Discovery Center keepers are caring for more than 400 of the couple’s golden-hued hatchlings!
When a species that is as important to the culture and community of a nation and
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