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A Przewalski's horse running through the grass with large boulders in the background
Nov. 01, 2017
Tracking Takhi on the Steppe
In September 2017, Conservation Ecology Center researcher John McEvoy traveled to Mongolia to study the movement behavior of reintroduced Przewalski’s horses.
Male scimitar-horned oryx calf born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Aug. 18, 2017
Vote to Name Our Two Scimitar-horned Oryx Calves at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Instiute
We’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of the reintroduction of scimitar-horned oryx to the wild! As part of the celebration, we’re asking for help naming two of our scimitar-horned oryx calves...
Myanmar forest landscape
May. 18, 2017
Myanmar's Extensive Forests are Declining Rapidly Due to Political and Economic Change
The loss of intact forest cover in Myanmar has accelerated over the past decade, according to a study by Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists and partners published May 17 in...
Wildebeest Calf
May. 05, 2017
Fantastic Wildebeests and Where to Find Them
It’s not easy to be low on the food chain. But white-bearded wildebeests face a threat even greater than lions and leopards. Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing an alarming collapse in their...
Tenasserim Mountain bent-toed gecko on a rock
Apr. 12, 2017
Smithsonian Scientists Discover Two Colorful Geckos in Vanishing Myanmar Rainforest
Smithsonian scientists have discovered two new gecko species, the Lenya banded bent-toed gecko and Tenasserim Mountain bent-toed gecko, in the little-studied lowland forests of Myanmar.