Scimitar-horned oryx named Chari with her calf.

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The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) facilitates and promotes conservation biology programs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Scientists at SCBI have long been leaders in the study, management, protection and restoration of threatened species, ecological communities, habitats and ecosystems.

Baby Zahra looking up at her mother
Her Name Is Zahra
News Release
06.09.2023
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo Public Programs
Camels traversing Kenyan desert
Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute and Kenyan Partners Awarded $5 Million Grant To Prevent Emerging Diseases in Northern Kenya
News Release
06.06.2023
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo Research News Administrative News
Composite photo of infant gorilla and adult gorlla
Western Lowland Gorilla Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
News Release
05.30.2023
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo Exhibitions New Acquisitions Administrative News
Three baby cheetahs in their enclosure
Smithsonian’s National Zoo Seeks Help in Naming Four Cheetah Cubs
News Release
05.22.2020
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo Public Programs
New born ferrets
Six Newborn Black-Footed Ferret Kits Can Be Viewed on New Webcam
News Release
05.15.2020
Conservation Biology Institute Exhibitions
Specimen photo of blue and yellow Guam Kingfisher
Two Extinct-in-the-Wild Guam Kingfishers Hatch at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
News Release
05.01.2020
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
Close up of hemlock pest
One in Four Tree Deaths in Blue Ridge Mountains Linked to Invasive Species
News Release
04.30.2020
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
Screenshot from Cheetah Cam
Cheetah Cubs Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
News Release
04.08.2020
Conservation Biology Institute National Zoo
sunburst
Two Animals Die at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
News Release
03.24.2020
Conservation Biology Institute
Brown kiwi
Two Brown Kiwi Die at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
News Release
03.20.2020
Centers & Programs Conservation Biology Institute
woman looking in microscope
Smithsonian Scientists Dry and Store Live Ovarian Tissues Above Freezing Temperatures for the First Time
News Release
12.05.2019
Conservation Biology Institute Research News
purple fringeless orchid
Citizen Scientists Discover Endangered Orchid in Virginia
News Release
08.06.2019
Conservation Biology Institute Research News

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