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Just before the Andean bear cubs turned three months old, it was time for their beary first veterinary exam. Read on to find out how the exam went from animal keeper Sara Colandrea.
Instead, we collected a blood sample from each cub and sent
Scientists use different types of tracking technologies to determine the location of a bird at a given point in time.
250 to 1500 meters Transmitted to satellites and sent
Eight-year-old North American male porcupine Quillby has had some difficulty moving around his exhibit lately. How do we determine what’s ailing him? Teamwork! Zoo veterinarian Jessica Siegal-Willott and biologist Leigh Pitsko collaborated with colleagues at the Friendship Hospital for Animals to get to the bottom of Quillby’s imbalance. Learn how teamwork helped solved the mystery in this Zoo vet Q & A.
We sent them images from his initial exam, and their
There’s a new tiger in town! Meet Pavel, a 10-year-old Amur tiger who lives at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Great Cats habitat.
are getting older and most of their cubs have been sent
Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Kigali October 01, 2013 The Great Ape House staff sent
Kiwi are flightless, nocturnal birds native only to New Zealand. They have the second largest egg per body weight of any bird.
2010, the Zoo has collected shed kiwi feathers and sent
Hot on the tailfeathers of a white-naped crane chick and two Guam kingfisher chicks, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s bird team celebrated the arrival of yet another rare resident—a brown kiwi!
staff collected shell fragments with dried blood and sent
Freshwater stingrays live in the Amazon River system and are one of the only rays inhabiting freshwater rather than saltwater. Though docile animals, they are responsible for more injuries to humans each year than any other Amazonian species.
Stingrays at the Zoo are often sent to other sites
A special delivery of cheetah milk recently arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s milk bank (the largest milk repository in the world). Find out what researchers hope to learn from this unique milk sample.
Image: The vial of cheetah mom Izzy’s milk that was sent
Our newest member of the wallaby mob at the Small Mammal House has been named! Meet Winton in this keeper Q&A.
Coordinator for Bennett’s wallabies recommended Winton be sent
