Viewers can watch a litter of black-footed ferrets and their mother, 2-year-old Aristides, on a temporary live webcam. Mike Bock Want to add some adorable, endangered baby animals to your day? Check ...

Conservation biology is growing rapidly and ever increasing in importance in response to the biodiversity crisis — perhaps the most critical environmental issue of our time. Conservation biologists ...

Celebrate and look back at some of the groundbreaking achievements made by Smithsonian scientists this year. Mike Bock As global leaders in wildlife conservation, scientists from the Smithsonian ...

With fewer than an estimated 120 Arabian leopards remaining in the wild, coordinated global action is essential to prevent the extinction of one of the world’s rarest big cat species.

Conservation scientists are racing against time, as hundreds of animal and plant species edge closer to extinction each year due to habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. But a new set of ...

Graduate student Joanne Mendez, a biochemistry, molecular, cellular and developmental biology major, studies an axolotl in Associate Professor Crystal Rogers' lab. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Did you ...

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has the following research output in the current window (1 November 2024 - 31 October 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a ...

A video is circulating on social media in which a leopard enters the backyard of a house where a child is playing, and a cat confronts the leopard and scares it away, protecting the child. The video ...

Earn four credits this May by experiencing Brazil’s Atlantic Forest on this exciting CU Boulder Education Abroad Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles and practice of ...

You’ll find a strong emphasis on the biology of organisms and ecosystems along with the application of modern scientific approaches to environmental problems and their connections to human activities ...