Results for "Zoos"
Archives Puzzles: Roaming Down Roads in 1896
- Date: August 31, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
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.
You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
- Date: August 22, 2019
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me
Panda-monium!
- Date: April 16, 2012
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Arrival of giant pandas Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling to the National Zoological Park.
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A Life on the Wild Side: Lucile Quarry Mann
- Date: March 15, 2011
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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Link Love: 1/9/2014
- Date: January 9, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Sheila Mutchler
- Date: March 31, 2021
- 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.
Link Love: 3/27/2015
- Date: March 27, 2015
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
Archives Puzzles: The Unbothered Bison
- Date: July 20, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: This summer, have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Mom, can we keep him? Ummm, no.
- Date: January 15, 2013
- Creator: Ellen Alers
- Description: Robert F. Kennedy gave his children a sea lion named "Sandy" who was eventually donated to the National Zoological Park.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Mara Mayor
- Date: November 10, 2021
- 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.
Reconstructing William Temple Hornaday’s 1888 Extermination Series
- Date: March 2, 2017
- Description: A look at taxidermist turned conservationist William Temple Hornaday's "Extermination Series" highlighting the environmental impact of man on North American mammals.