Bird keeper Wesley Bailey shares an update on the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s success breding brown kiwi.
Compared with other chicks that we have hand-raised in the past, the first chick
They also have learned that hand-rearing cubs from birth is the best way to ensure
Check out the latest news and updates about cheetahs.
October 01, 2021 Earlier this week, the 2-week-old cheetah cub we are temporarily hand-raising
Get a taste of the challenges animal nutritionist Erin Kendrick faces as she formulates diets for all animals at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
To obtain a body score, I run my hand over an animal’s bony areas – its spine, ribs
Also, we’ve discovered that hand-reared cubs are much more likely to survive.
In summer 2023, Bird House keepers celebrated the arrival of orchard oriole chicks—the first hatched in human care—and Baltimore oriole chicks. Curator Sara Hallager shares an update about the team’s success.
adult orchard orioles stopped tending to their first brood, keepers stepped in to hand-raise
How do animal keepers take a blood sample from an elephant or examine a big cat’s teeth? Find out how training helps keepers care for animals that they can’t share a physical space with in this update.
During training sessions, we can use hand signals and verbal cues to ask an animal
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!
Keepers are hand-raising the chick and report that it is eating, moving and vocalizing
What does it take to care for an Andean bear? In March, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) staff returned to Peru—the bears’ home turf—to share their expertise.
I hid the pole in my sleeve and held the ball in my hand.
What sounds does an infant orangutan make? Primate keeper Erin Stromberg filmed the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s 2-year-old Bornean orangutan Redd as he pleaded with his mother to share her food. Get the scoop on this and his latest milestones in this Q&A with Stromberg.
Batang will often hand him food, but if she wants it, she is going to keep it.
