New research from the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation ...

Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort to freeze corals for reef restoration. Mary Hagedorn Coral ...

In the long arc of conservation, recovery is often slow enough to be mistaken for stasis. Populations dwindle, habitats shrink, and the work of reversal depends less on moments of triumph than on ...

Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...

Shorebirds travel across continents every year and connect distant ecosystems through their journeys. A bird feeding in one ...

1. Biodiversity and zoo conservation biology -- 2. Protecting species and habitats -- 3. Zoos in focus: public exhibition or conservation -- 4. Keeping animals in captivity -- 5. Viable captive ...

The fat-tailed dunnart is native to Australia’s arid scrublands and largely unknown outside of science. It may also be the key to saving some of the continent’s most endangered species.There is an ...

Conservation biology is the application of science to conserve the earth's imperiled species and ecosystems. The field is growing rapidly and ever increasing in importance in response to the ...

An average wild giraffe has a home range of about 140 square miles—nearly equivalent to the surface area of Philadelphia. So how do scientists track and study them? Michael Brown, conservation science ...

Scientists used small solar tags to identify where long-billed curlews migrate, revealing hidden populations of North America’s largest shorebird. Andy Boyce, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...