Just like museums rely on curators to manage their collections, zoos depend on a team of skilled professionals to carefully monitor every animal in their care — recording births, breeding, behavioral ...

For conservation scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, helping animals “swipe right” on the best mate is all in a day’s work. With a mission to save animal ...

Breeding animals in Fields of Mistria is a long, drawn out process. Animals take several days to be born, and they don’t become adults for another set of days after. Animals (obviously) aren’t ...

One of the fundamental rules of inheritance states that different alleles (gene copies) of a trait, such as sex, are inherited with equal frequency. "However, we have long known that there are genes ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

Seaside's Animal Control officer and community members drafted an ordinance requiring people to get a breeding permit or spay and neuter their dogs and cats by the time they are 6 months old to ...