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How Do You Encourage Elephants to Build Positive Relationships? | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/how-do-you-encourage-elephants-build-positive-relationships

The Zoo cares for five female Asian elephants from a few different family groups. Luckily, there are a few things that keepers can do to encourage them to build positive relationships. Learn more in this update from keeper Kayleigh Sullivan.
Bozie (left) and Shanthi (right) may be from different family groups, but they have

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Case Study: Scenario Planning in Northwestern Virginia | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation-ecology-center/case-study-scenario-planning

Challenge  How can scientists produce research on environmental topics impacting local communities that decision makers in those communities can trust? In August 2016, scientists from the Changing Landscapes Initiative collaborated with community leaders in Northwestern Virginia to answer that question. This case study shows how CLI researchers combined community knowledge with scientific data to create a set of future scenarios designed to help planners make important land use choices. 
Narrative “Strong long-term planning and minimal climate impacts have led to the

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Sloth Bears Updates Jul 01, 2014 | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/sloth-bears-updates-jul-01-2014

It’s time for an update on our sloth bear cub, Remi! Animal keepers Mindy Babitz and Stacey Tabellario tell us that since making her yard debut in May, Remi has been busy behind-the-scenes getting to know the other bears on Asia Trail.
the two of them can start to become more familiar with each other now that they have

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Black-necked stilt | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/black-necked-stilt

Black-necked stilts are a tall, medium-size shorebird with black-and-white coloration, long pink legs, a long neck, and a straight black bill. They spend most of their days gracefully darting along shorelines and wetlands and wading in shallow water. 
In relation to body size, they have the longest legs compared to any other bird aside

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Tracking Takhi on the Steppe | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/conservation-ecology-center/news/tracking-takhi-steppe

In September, Conservation Ecology Center Postdoctoral Research Fellow John McEvoy traveled to Mongolia to track wolves and to study the movement behavior of reintroduced Przewalski’s horses—the last of the truly wild horse species. The following is an excerpt from his travel log.
Image: After going extinct in the wild in the 1960s, they have been successfully

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Loggerhead shrike | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/loggerhead-shrike

The loggerhead shrike is a songbird slightly smaller than a robin. Despite its small stature, the behaviors of a shrike reflect those of a raptor. It is commonly known as the „butcherbird“ or „thorn bird“ for its habit of impaling prey on sharp objects, such as thorns and barbed wire fences.
Fact Sheet Conservation Physical Description Loggerhead shrikes have a blue-gray

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