Helping Rescued Orangutans in Borneo
Borneo is home to the largest population of critically endangered orangutans in the world: about 55,000. But those numbers are falling fast. Forest fires and
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Our Projects
Conservation Nation’s 2020 priorities include studying disease in rescued orangutans, helping monitor rare tigers, saving pangolins and setting the stage for the Guam kingfisher’s reintroduction to the wild.
Saving Pangolins in Peril Throughout Asia
The most trafficked mammal in the world is the critically endangered pangolin. To help the species’ numbers grow, Smithsonian veterinarians want to help save the
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Monitoring Rare Tigers in Bangladesh
Smithsonian scientists need to research a rare tiger population whose mangrove-forest habitat is threatened by rapid sea-level rise, and they need to do this as
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Setting the Stage for Rewilding the Guam Kingfisher
The Guam kingfisher is extinct in the wild. For now. Scientists have been caring for a small flock of these rare birds at the Smithsonian
February 14, 2020