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Meet the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander, A Tiny Environmental Hero

Next time you’re walking through fallen leaves in a forest, keep an eye out for the Eastern red-backed salamander—a small woodland creature with a huge role to play.

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As Climate Change and Pollution Imperil Coral Reefs, Scientists Are Deep-Freezing Corals to Repopulate Future Oceans

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The Love Lives of Ducks Make for Great Drama

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How Genomic Science Solved a Cheetah Cub Paternity Mystery

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Rain, Rivers and Radiotrackers: Releasing Captive-Bred Harlequin Frogs Into the Wild

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A High-Tech Approach to Giraffe Conservation

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A New Leap in the Fight to Save Frogs

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After An Insect Detox, Can Once-Poisonous Frogs Get Their Spice Back?

Two female Asian Elephants

Two Asian Elephants Arrive at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

A small wood turtle stands in a pile of fallen leaves in a forest

Meet the Researchers Working to Save Wood Turtles

Cheetah mother and cubs huddled together in the grass

Meet the Small but Mighty Microbiomes

A male Guam kingfisher bird wearing a transmitter on its back is held gently in an animal keeper's gloved hand

Scientists Are Using 3-D-Printing Technology to Ready Guam Kingfishers for Reintroduction to the Wild

Horned lark chicks camouflaged in their nest on the ground in the Northern Great Plains

A Rare Look Inside the Nests of Declining Prairie Songbirds

Close-up of a Kirtland's warbler songbird

A Day in the Life of a Conservation Biologist in Search of a Rare Songbird’s Nest

Panamanian golden frog standing among dirt and leaves

Is a 'Living Pharmacy' the Key to Curing Chytrid in Frogs?

Bobcat caught on camera trap walking through brush and scrub on Montana's grasslands

How I Study Elusive Prairie Bobcats

Swift fox pups huddled together at dusk on Montana's grasslands

Why Researchers Are Scouring Montana's Grasslands for Swift Fox Scat

Long-billed curlew in flight

GPS Tracking Technology Allows Scientists to Fly With Curlews on Their Epic Migrations

In late April, scientists and the public noticed a surprising number of birds in the mid-Atlantic region were exhibiting strange symptoms, often sick or dying. Smithsonian scientists need your help to figure out why.

Mysterious Bird Deaths in the Mid-Atlantic Region

The coast on the island of Curaçao

Connecting Ocean Conservation from Sea to Sky

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