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Two newly hatched Bourret’s box turtles sitting on moss

Jun. 21, 2017

Critically Endangered Bourret’s Box Turtles Hatch at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center are celebrating a conservation success five years in the making: a pair of Bourret’s box turtle hatchlings.

Jun. 20, 2017

Natural Canopy Bridges Maintain Vital Connections for Arboreal Mammals in Fragmented Forests

In the largest-ever canopy-based camera-trapping study, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists and partners found that when a pipeline clearing in Peru severed those highways, arboreal species were willing to get around using...

Jun. 16, 2017

Guarding the Nest

It's nesting season. In April, the Reptile Discovery Center's Cuban crocodile Blanche built up a large mound nest. She constructed the nest by kicking up the mulch in the exhibit into a central location.

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