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Bao Bao Arrives in China | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

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Bao Bao, her keeper Marty Dearie and Dr. Katharine Hope landed at China’s Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport around 6:59 p.m. CST after a 16-hour direct flight aboard the “FedEx Panda Express,” a custom-decaled 777F aircraft. 
Back in Washington, D.C. at the Zoo, the panda team is looking to the future.

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Brian Gratwicke | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/about/staff/brian-gratwicke

Brian Gratwicke is a conservation biologist and leads the amphibian conservation programs at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Brian’s focus is building capacity to conserve amphibians in Appalachia and Panama, developing outreach and educational programs and exhibits to build public support for amphibian conservation, and research to develop tools to reintroduce amphibians back into the wild. At SCBI, Brian collaborates with Panamanian conservation biologists and zoo partners to build an ex situ amphibian facility in Panama.
After completing his doctorate, Gratwicke moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked

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Snow and Stripes: A Zebra Update | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/center-species-survival/news/snow-and-stripes-zebra-update

On Feb. 2, our youngest zebra, Yipes, turned 7 months old. It is hard to believe that he is already a juvenile! Over the past few months, we have seen him become much more rambunctious and goofy like his father, Rogan.
Tara Buk Tara Buk Our friends at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington,

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Brandt Ryder | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

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Brandt Ryder is a research scientist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center, which studies avian demography and behavior with an overarching focus on the grand phenomenon of migration. At the individual level, Ryder’s research interests are focused on the mechanistic basis of adaptive behavioral variation. At the population level, he studies the causes of avian population declines.
Ryder lives in northwest Washington, D.C., with his wife, daughter and three German

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A Day in the Life of a Kids‘ Farm Keeper | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

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Painting with alpacas, training miniature donkeys and hosting hands-on animal encounters. It’s all in a day’s work for animal keepers Nikki Maticic and John Taylor! Follow their story for a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a Kids’ Farm keeper.
Many people who visit the Zoo from Washington, D.C. and other metropolitan areas

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