“Happy,” the National Zoo’s 28-year-old Nile hippopotamus
27, 2009 “Happy,” the National Zoo’s 28-year-old Nile
“Happy,” the National Zoo’s 28-year-old Nile hippopotamus
27, 2009 “Happy,” the National Zoo’s 28-year-old Nile
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Avian blood samples were analyzed for West Nile virus
An elderly 25-year-old male Mariana crow named Clint was humanely euthanized at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) Jan.14.
U.S. were moved to Guam due to the threat from West Nile
An archive of press releases from Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
2009 “Happy,” the National Zoo’s 28-year-old Nile
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists and collaborators have found that the island scrub-jay’s population on Santa Cruz Island—its only habitat—is significantly smaller than previously believed and that it is therefore at greater risk of extinction.
restricted island range, lack of genetic diversity, West Nile
In late April, birds in the mid-Atlantic region began to turn up sick or dying. Scientists are trying to figure out why.
Several diseases, such as West Nile virus, avian pox
Meet the loggerhead shrike—a beautiful songbird with a gruesome reputation for impaling its prey on thorns and barbs. More frightening than the “butcher bird’s” hunting habit is the reality that their populations are in steep decline. Since 2005, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) has worked to breed and reintroduce this bird back into the wild. Get an inside glimpse of what it takes to care for and conserve shrikes from bird keeper Leighann Cline!
series of vaccinations to protect them against West Nile
