Native to the rocky slopes and arid plateau areas of southwestern Africa, Hartmann
currently on exhibit Hartmann’s mountain zebra Equus zebra hartmannae Native to the rocky
Tall birds with strong legs, wild turkeys are fast fliers and residents of the eastern United States. Wild turkeys were domesticated in Mexico more than 2,000 years ago, although many members of the species remain wild. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., visitors can see a breed of domestic turkey (which is the same species as the wild turkey) called the standard bronze turkey.
Their range stretches through most of the U.S., east of the Rocky Mountains, with
It looks like the angriest housecat you’ve ever seen, but it’s actually the Pallas’s cat: a small Asian wildcat known for its thick fur and unusual face.
Pallas’s cats are primarily found in the rocky hills and small mountains within this
Native to Vietnam, these frogs live in mossy caves and in the banks of rocky mountain
Native to Vietnam, these frogs live in mossy caves and in the banks of rocky mountain
Get the answers to your most internet-searched questions about gray wolves, such as „Why do gray wolves howl at the moon?“ Hint: they don’t!
helped stabilize them since, and in 1995, they were reintroduced to the northern Rocky
It is a social, matriarchal animal native to the Andes mountain range.
Native Habitat This species of chinchilla is only found in the Andes Mountains of
Eastern screech-owls are commonly found in evergreen and deciduous forests near water. They are short, stocky owls with gray or reddish-brown feathers and yellow eyes.
It lives east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, with small populations
Find out how Smithsonian researchers are using camera traps to study bobcats on the Northern Great Plains.
three areas where bobcats are more likely to spend time: the Milk River, the Little Rocky
American bison are North America’s largest terrestrial animals. Millions once roamed the grasslands and prairies of the Great Plains, but today the bison population survives primarily in conservation herds.
While most were west of the Mississippi ranging to the Rocky Mountains, some were
The bald eagle population plummeted from abundant to endangered, with only 417 pairs left in 1963. Thanks to tireless conservation efforts, this fish-eating raptor rebounded and has since been removed from the Endangered Species List.
Alaska through much of Canada and the Great Lakes across to Maine, through the Rocky
