The iconic song of the American West, “Home on the Range,” got a key detail wrong — buffalo never roamed the region! But bison still do. Isn’t it time you learned why?
that will often react aggressively when they sense danger
Whooping cranes are graceful, expressive and curious creatures. Get acquainted with these big, beautiful birds in this Q+A with Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute keeper Chris Crowe.
birds, who call to one another to indicate breeding, danger
A 2-year-old female Asian water dragon who was the first documented birth by facultative parthenogenesis in her species died from blood cancer.
these lizards will enter the water and swim away from danger
April 7 is International Beaver Day, so sink your (orange) teeth into these fun beaver facts!
Beavers slap their tails on the water to indicate danger
My current research focuses are: 1) developing and utilizing assisted reproductive technologies for improved carnivore reproduction; 2) understanding management-based causes of infertility in captive-held carnivores; 3) improving management and health for more efficient reproduction, and 4) evaluating the comparative reproduction, genomics and health of ex situ and wild cheetahs.
Carnivores An estimated 25 percent of carnivores are in danger
Tree shrews look remarkably similar to squirrels. They are native to Southeast Asia and are the only members of their taxonomic order.
their young, clean the nest, or rescue their young if danger
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.
domesticated animals and are not threatened or in danger
Frogs, toads, salamanders and newts are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. Smithsonian scientists are working to save amphibians through projects focused in Panama and Appalachia.
caecilian species are declining rapidly and are in danger
Pale-headed saki monkeys, also called white-faced sakis, live almost completely in trees, seldom if ever coming down to the ground. These small primates are native to northern South America.
(10 meters) in a single bound when escaping from danger
Kori bustards are the world’s heaviest flying birds. They live in grasslands and savannas in eastern and southern Africa.
ground and is reluctant to fly unless in serious danger
