Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Hand

Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its “spice” back? 
Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project, we need to have live prey on hand

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.
didn’t have an iron but thought he could help us fix it with some tools he had on hand

Long-billed curlew are shorebirds that spend their summers breeding in the grasslands of Montana. Smithsonian ecologists are equipping them with GPS trackers to learn more about their movements.
Image: With hand motions, they direct us left and right to make sure the net will

In March and April, keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated the arrival of two male kiwi chicks! Get to know them in this update from the bird team.
Maori, on the other hand, is more relaxed in their presence.

Take a look behind the scenes as animal care teams provide an endless bamboo buffet to the Zoo’s new giant pandas.
After chopping hundreds of pieces of bamboo by hand, the team will sort it, then

Roads can be a dangerous challenge for terrestrial and arboreal wildlife. One scientist is trying to change that.
post-doctoral fellows and the conservation research they are supporting through first-hand

Giant pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji are settling in nicely in their new home at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda’s ShenShuPing Campus. 
He rubbed his head on the mesh near my hand before continuing to investigate his

Playing, foraging, training and snoozing—it’s all in a day in the life of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s western lowland gorilla troop! 
Using verbal cues and hand signals, we ask our apes to present their body parts.

There’s no better way to celebrate World Gorilla Day than with our adorable animal ambassador, Zahra! Keeper Lynne McMahan shares some of her favorite moments in this Q+A.  
Even when we try to hand her bits of food, Calaya swoops in and takes it first.

One of the exciting challenges Bird House keepers have had to tackle during construction is how to help our birds feel “at home” even though they are living in temporary housing. The solution: bring the outdoors indoors!
Our Stanley crane, Alice, was hand-raised by keepers and has a fondness for people