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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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    3. Link Love: 4/24/2020

      • Date: April 24, 2020
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

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    5. Mary Rice standing in front of a laboratory building at the Smithsonian Marine State at Fort Pierce.

      Science Conversations in the Shenandoah

      • Date: September 6, 2018
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: In February 1975, twenty Smithsonian scientists gathered at the National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia to talk about their research and the future of science at the Smithsonian.

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    7. 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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    9. 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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    11. A woman in a purple jacket smiles at the camera and holds a pair of binoculars.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Katherine Ralls

      • Date: May 29, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Katherine Ralls, Senior Research Zoologist Emerita, Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, was one of the first scientists hired at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and is a founder of the Society for Conservation Biology. She has conducted research in mammalogy and conservation biology at the Smithsonian since 1973. #Groundbreaker

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    13. 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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    15. 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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    17. Portrait photograph of a woman wearing glasses and smiling toward the camera. She is wearing a striped top and a long necklace.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Margaret S. Child

      • Date: May 25, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.

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    19. 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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    21. 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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    23. Black and white photograph of a baby two-toed sloth in a basket holding the finger of its caretaker.

      A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian

      • Date: October 20, 2020
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.

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