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    1. 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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    3. 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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      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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      Lisa Stevens: The Inspiring Career of the “Panda Lady”

      • Date: September 1, 2020
      • Description: Known lovingly by the public as the “Panda Lady,” Lisa Stevens cultivated a rich thirty-year career at the National Zoological Park as the senior curator of mammals.

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    9. National Zoo reproductive biologist JoGayle Howard holding black-footed ferret kits, an endangered species, c. 1997.

      Smithsonian Optimism for the Blue Planet

      • Date: April 27, 2017
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: An overview of the history of environmental conservation activities at the Smithsonian, since its founding in 1846.

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    11. Group viewing footage of Ling-Ling on camera.

      Saving Giant Pandas: Conservation at the National Zoo

      • Date: August 23, 2016
      • Creator: Kira M. Sobers
      • Description: Today is Giant Panda cub Bao Bao’s third birthday, and yesterday her little brother, Bei Bei, turned one. This marks the first time in the forty-four years of panda conservation at the National Zoo that there have been two healthy cubs in residence at the zoo at the same time, but that’s not for lack of trying.

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      Dependent on the Kindness of Strangers: Smithsonian Volunteers

      • Date: April 19, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_12022,size=250,left]Volunteers have been an integral part of the Smithsonian since its earliest years. The Institution has always been “dependent on the kindness of strangers.” Volunteers make tremendous contributions to Smithsonian operations every day in virtually every corner of the globe. The Smithsonian's paid staff of some 6,000 employees is

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    15. Bao Bao's second day outside, April, 2, 2014. By Abby Wood, Courtesy of the National Zoological Park.

      Happy Birthday Bao Bao!

      • Date: August 21, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: The National Zoological Park celebrates its giant panda cub, Bao Bao's first birthday on August 23, 2014.

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      Records and Information Management: The Archivist

      • Date: May 6, 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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