There, a staff member carefully monitors a machine that mixes tons of salt into a massive water vat, ensuring that the ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced Tuesday, November 10 that the ...

Driving down a county road Prince Edward County, Ontario, in mid-September, Canadian birder Paul Jones noticed the silhouette ...

Every second, more than 30 birds die from flying into a window somewhere in the United States, making glass one of the leading causes of human-related mortality in birds. Why does this happen? While ...

Starting in 2023, Smithsonian Institution’s Great Plains Science Program partnered with Swansea Lab of Animal Movement and Wildbyte Technologies to develop new methods for tracking fine-scale ...

The facilities where animals live at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI)—the exhibits at the zoological park in Washington, D.C., and the research areas at the ...

North American river otters, also called Canadian otters, have long, muscular, streamlined bodies with short legs and fully webbed feet bearing non-retractable claws. Their small heads widen to long ...

This species has a broad, flat body, short limbs and tail, and smooth, overlapping scales that help to keep out dirt and debris. Its coloration is usually dark brown on top with pale cross band ...

Snapshot USA is a nationwide wildlife monitoring project launched by the Smithsonian Institution and partners at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in 2019. As the only standardized camera ...

This tortoise's carapace, or the top of its shell, is tan to dark brown. The bony plates of the shell, called scutes, are flat, and the carapace angles sharply down at the back. The front of the shell ...

Scientists from the Center for Conservation and Sustainability (CCS) established the Biodiversity Monitoring and Assessment Program (BMAP). The program serves to evaluate and conduct long-term ...