Smithsonian Magazine5 天
Orphaned Baby Elephant Takes a Flight
When Gary Roberts found this orphaned elephant next to its dead mother ... Viral King Penguin Molts His Baby Feathers (01:06) National Treasure: The Mold Behind the Miracle of Penicillin (04: ...
来自MSN2 个月
Endangered newborn elephant born at Texas zoo is already walking. See the 314-lb baby
A Texas zoo has been anxiously awaiting the arrival of a newborn elephant for almost two years ... according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.
insider.si.edu1 年
The Art and Science of Elephants
SCBI scientists, with local and regional experts, are developing tools for the management and protection of Asian elephants. In addition to doing research in Asia, our scientists also do research with ...
来自MSN3 个月
At the Age of 50, an Elderly Female Elephant Dies at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
She came to Washington as a 38-year-old alongside Maharani, 23, and Swarna, also 38, as part of a loan from Canada's Calgary Zoo.There, they joined four other elephants in the Zoo's new Elephant ...
The Washington Post1 年
How the National Zoo weighs its animals, from elephants to red pandas
17 at 6:30 a.m. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ... like Gunther the gray seal and Spike the Asian elephant need to pack on the pounds during breeding ...