Focus on the Future is a series that seeks to highlight the early career scientists who conduct research at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
Kim and the other researchers used these pens to test their theory that soft-releases
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As their native habitat continues to shrink, wild cheetahs are facing a drought of genetic diversity. This is in direct contrast with the population of cheetahs in zoos, which is as genetically diverse as it was 30 years ago because of cooperative and strategically managed breeding programs.
SCBI cheetah biologist Adrienne Crosier and Kim Terrell, lead author on the study
Needless to say I was ecstatic when I was asked to accompany SCBI scientist Kim Terrell
A team of scientists and keepers is traveling all over the eastern United States this year to study a unique and amazing animal: the hellbender.
Image: Kim and Barb searching for hellbenders.
