Adopt a bald eagle or California sea lion.
Visit
the Smithsonian's American Indian Museum.
Get kids' activities on black-footed ferrets, river otters, prairie dogs and other North American wildlife.
National Zoo scientists are working throughout North
America, from Nova Scotia and Virginia to Mexico and California.
Some of their projects include:
Mexican
Wolves in the American Southwest
The National Zoo participates in this effort
to reintroduce this endangered subspecies of gray wolf
into parts of the southwest United States.
Recovery
of the Black-footed Ferret
JoGayle Howard leads studies of the biology of
the black-footed ferret to enhance reproduction, maintain
genetic diversity, and provide animals for reintroduction
to the western Great Plains. 
Watch a video about saving ferrets
Desert
Tortoise Nutrition in Nevada
Led by Olav Oftedal, the nutrition lab has been
investigating the nutritional needs of the desert tortoise,
a threatened species, since 1991. The goals of the project
are to determine the specific nutrient requirements
of the tortoise, to ascertain which food plants meet
those requirements, and to develop ways to assess the
availability of such foods in tortoise habitat.
Sea
Otters in California
Katherine Ralls studies population dynamics and
movements of California sea otters.
San
Joaquin Kit Foxes in California
Katherine Ralls and her collaborators have been studying
kit foxes since 1989. Topics include kit fox population
dynamics, interactions between kit foxes and coyotes,
and survey methods.
Grey
and Harbor Seals in Nova Scotia
Daryl Boness has conducted a 25-year project
on life history and reproductive strategies of grey
and harbor seals at Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
Migratory
Birds
Migratory Bird Center scientists, led by Russell Greenberg,
conduct a host of research and conservation projects
related to birds that migrate between North, Central,
and South America.
