... male rhea at the Smithsonian's National Zoo spend Father's Day? He will spend it much ... 30 years that rhea chicks have hatched at the Zoo. "The birth of these chicks comes at a time when the number of ...
... , let alone a critically endangered species," said Dr. Budhan Pukazhenthi, a reproductive scientist at the National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va. "We had to develop all ...
... a secondary rise in urinary progestin levels in the Zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang ( ... determine if she was pregnant.
This is the sixth year the National Zoo has tried to breed the giant pandas; ...
The U.S. National Zoo says panda mother Mei Xiang will not give birth to a cub this year after all.
An endangered clouded leopard at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation & Research Center (CRC) in Front Royal, Va., gave birth to a genetically valuable litter of ...
... the National Zoo tried to set up a pair of rare white-naped cranes, the date went sour and the lovebirds fought. Staff at the zoo artificially inseminated the female crane, and a female chick ...
... 20 percent of captive cheetahs reproduce, and only 75 to 80 percent of cubs survive to reproductive age, says Adrienne Crosier, a reproductive biologist at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. [More]
... an endangered horse Veterinarians at the Smithsonian Institute's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announced ... his vasectomy in March 2007 failed, but zoo officials say a second effort seven months ...
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Scientists at the U.S. National Zoo say it might be mid- or late July before they can definitely determine if giant panda Mei Xian is pregnant.
... of the area."
The MAB program is part of the Center for Conservation Education and Sustainability at the National Zoo. This particular study in the program is being conducted in the Gamba Complex of ...
... bank also serves as insurance against catastrophes in the wild populations, such as a disease outbreak.
The National Zoo has played a critical role in black-footed ferret recovery since 1981 when a ...
Two black-footed ferrets at the Smithsonian's National Zoo have each given birth to a kit that was sired by males who died in 1999 and 2000. These endangered ferrets - part ...
... findings of the study, conducted by Robert Fleischer, a molecular geneticist at Smithsonian's National Zoo and National Museum of Natural History and Storrs Olson and Helen James, both curators of ...
... species, and they are flexible in using them."
The scientific investigation with Bonnie at the National Zoo was supported in part by a grant from the David Bohnett Foundation and complements field ...
Bonnie, a 30-year-old orang-utan at the Smithsonian National Zoo in, Washington DC, has confounded experts by learning how to whistle
