SCBI Researchers: Notes from the Field
MoroccoMay 2013
SCBI scientists organized and facilitated the thirteenth annual meeting of the Sahelo-Saharan Interest Group. 
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North AmericaMarch 2013
SCBI and National Zoo scientists are using science to improve the ways lions live and breed in North American Zoos. Read more.
GabonJuly 2012
A team of scientists and keepers traveled to Gabon to track tiny mammals through a roadless wilderness. Read more.
AppalachiaJune 2012
Scientists and keepers are traveling all over the eastern United States this year to study a unique and amazing animal: the hellbender, the largest salamander in North America. Read more.
TexasMarch 2012
Every spring millions and millions of migratory birds fly non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico and make land fall at places like the TNC's Mad Island Preserve in Texas. Please check in with us regularly from now until mid-May to see how this amazing animal migration is faring. Read more.
CubaMarch 2012
Pete Marra, Bob Rice, and Scott Sillett from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Migratory Bird Center recently traveled to Cuba. Because of its size and proximity to the United States, Cuba is a critically important island for overwintering migratory birds. Read more.
GeorgiaFebruary 2012
Several Reptile Discovery Center keepers joined the Orianne Society in Georgia to find and study indigo snakes. They managed to find five of these remarkable and beautiful snakes. Read more.
IndonesiaJanuary 2012
A great ape keeper headed to Indonesia to learn about conserving orangutans, tigers, and elephants in the wild. Along the way, she got to visit a facility that cares for and rehabilitates orphaned and injured orangutans. Read more.
BhutanDecember 2011
Three SCBI scientists left in late November 2011 for the remote and mountainous Kingdom of Bhutan nestled in the Himalayas to conduct a critical training course in wildlife health and immobilization. Read more.
PeruDecember 2011
Jessica Deichmann, a research scientist with SCBI, and Ed Smith, a biologist at the Zoo’s Amazonia Exhibit spent two weeks in the Peruvian Andes, surveying Acancocha water frogs and measuring tadpole tails. Read more.
MalaysiaOctober 2011
A curator of large mammals at the National Zoo went to Malaysia to join a team who was exploring elephant and wildlife conservation working with the Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National Parks. Read more.
ThailandJuly 2011
SCBI’s research team has just completed a two-year camera-trapping study, and recently captured and radio-collared the first dhole and golden jackal living in (and around) a protected area in eastern Thailand. Read more.
South AfricaMay 2011
A National Zoo elephant keeper went to South Africa, where he was part of a innovative project to help address challenges in conserving African elephants. Read more.
JapanFebruary 2011
A Reptile Discovery Center keeper took a trip to Japan to scout out the Japanese giant salamander's habitat and habits; both in the wild and in more controlled environments, such as breeding centers and zoos. Read more.
KenyaOctober 2010
A Cheetah Conservation Station keeper biologist went to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy outside of Nanyuki to volunteer with a long-term study of large herbivores and their effects on the habitat. Read more.
ArgentinaAugust 2010
Zoo scientists and curators traveled to the Temaiken Biopark outside Buenos Aires, Argentina, to participate in a joint international workshop on animal welfare and wildlife enrichment. Read more.
AustraliaJuly 2010
A Bird House biologist travelled to Queensland, to work with the Australian Rainforest Foundation (ARF) in its efforts to save the southern cassowary and establish a wildlife corridor. Read more.
PanamaJune 2010
SCBI scientists and keepers took a trip to Panama to help establish "lifeboat colonies" of local amphibians before they're driven extinct by a devastating fungus. Read more.
BrazilMay 2010
Small Mammal House keeper Kenton Kerns traveled to Brazil to search for golden lion tamarins, an endangered species found only in the Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Read more.
KenyaApril 2010
SCBI scientist and keepers conducted a biomedical survey of wild bustards. This understanding of what a healthy wild kori looks like helps provide care for koris in the wild and in zoos. Read more.
Puerto RicoMarch 2010
For the past three years, SCBI scientists I have been traveling to the west coast of Puerto Rico, timing their arrival for the day of the August full moon. They study elkhorn coral, and need to be there for its annual underwater spectacle. Read more.
