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    1. Hallager holding a kori bustard. The caption below reads: Sara Hallager, curator of birds at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, is responsible for managing daily avian care, including bird well-being, reproductive programs, conservation programs, exhibitions, and interpretive public programs. She began working at the Zoo as a volunteer in 1984 and as an employee in 1987. #Groundbreaker.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sara Hallager

      • Date: September 2, 2020
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we are determined not to let history repeat itself. From our colleagues at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, who research and track birds in the wild, to our Bird House keepers who care for and breed these animals at the Zoo, we are working together to study, understand and protect common birds

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    3. Here at the Smithsonian: Trips to the National Zoo

      • Date: October 26, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Watch two recently-digitized clips featuring scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in 1982.

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    5. JoGayle Howard at Dissecting Microscope, 1982.

      JoGayle Howard: Pioneer in Endangered Species Reproduction

      • Date: March 28, 2017
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Theriogenologist JoGayle Howard was a pioneer in the assisted reproduction of many endangered species.

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      Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse

      • Date: June 25, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.

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    9. A man and woman watch a small, orange monkey on a branch indoors. A carton of food is hanging on a branch.

      Going Wild with Golden Lion Tamarins

      • Date: July 25, 2019
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: In 1984, the National Zoo began reintroducing golden lion tamarins to the wild resulting in a conservation success.

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    11. Goody Goody Gumdrops

      • Date: September 25, 2012
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: A history of pygmy hippopotamus naming conventions at the National Zoological Park.

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    13. Truth and Beauty

      • Date: March 27, 2012
      • Creator: Ellen Alers
      • Description: Maud Slye, was a pathologist and tireless cancer researcher whose contributions to the role of genetics and cancer were game changing.

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    15. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, National Zoological Park.

      Where Have All the White Tigers Gone?

      • Date: August 13, 2015
      • Description: A brief history of white tigers at the National Zoological Park, and an explanation of why they are no longer collected.

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    17. Two floppy disks labeled with the ZooArk info. One is from the rhino files and the other is from the tiger files.

      Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating

      • Date: January 14, 2020
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.

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    19. Perros Dingo (Dingo Dogs), 1960s. Illustrations from the Barcelona Zoo Guide Book.

      International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part I

      • Date: June 13, 2017
      • Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.

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    21. Giant Panda researcher Devra Kleiman records Hsing-Hsing's vocalizations.

      The Archival Legacy of Devra Kleiman

      • Date: May 25, 2010
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    23. Information Kit Cover for Operation Reindeer. Santa flying with reindeer is on the cover.

      Operation Reindeer

      • Date: December 22, 2010
      • Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
      • Description: You have probably heard of Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen. Even Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. And I know you have heard of Rudolph. But do you recall the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s most famous reindeers of all? “Operation Reindeer” was the most publicized event of 1958. Fourteen reindeer and one caribou made their way, sans the open sleigh, to Washington, D.C., for

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