We also operate extensive captive breeding programs to restore endangered populations and conduct reintroduction efforts to establish species back into the wild. Smithsonian researchers study the ...

Is it possible to restore highly diverse rain forests ... plants and animals to a changing climate and how these tolerances, along with limited capacity for dispersal, will affect ecosystem ...

Some non-native species (plants, animals, microbes, and fungi not originally from a given area) threaten our forests, croplands, lakes, and other ecosystems. Introduced species, such as the kudzu vine ...