New study reveals desert tortoise is actually two distinct species
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Whole-genome analysis at center of effort to save Tasmanian devil
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“Extinct” birds reappear in rainforest fragments in Brazil
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Genetic study confirms American crocodiles and critically endangered Cuban crocodiles are hybridizing in the wild
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Deadly amphibian disease detected in the last disease-free region of Central America
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Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) of east-central South America
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New book: The Ecology and Conservation of Seasonally Dry Forests in Asia
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Is ecology biased against non-native species?
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Keepers are optimistic about Zoo’s new breeding pair of Asian small-clawed otters
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Damai, a two-and-a-half-year-old female Sumatran tiger, makes her debut at the National Zoo
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Scientists discover the largest assembly of whale sharks ever recorded
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Stranding records are faithful reflection of live whale and dolphin populations, new study reveals
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute to help create frozen repository of sperm and embryonic cells for Great Barrier Reef corals
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Methods for calculating species extinction rates overestimate extinction, says Smithsonian scientist
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Changes in vegetation determine how animals migrate, scientists find in new National Zoo study
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Study reveals environmental impact of American Indian farms centuries before Europeans arrived in North America
