Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.
Description: Smithsonian National Zoo's Associate Director for Animal Care Sciences, Dr. Brandie Smith, oversees the care and of 3,000 animals and ensures the genetic diversity of the species living in zoos. #Groundbreaker
Description: Biologist and primate keeper, Melanie R. Bond, was the first woman gorilla keeper at the National Zoo and co-authored the "Orangutan (Pongo) Care Manual" for the Association of Zoos & Aquariums. #Groundbreaker