African Mammal Migration
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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, Maryland 21037
Smithsonian National Zoo
Scimitar-horned oryx
For over 100 years, the Smithsonian has been tracking animals around the world to better understand their movements and conserve their populations. Today those efforts have come together under a single network: The Movement of Life Initiative. In our May Earth Optimism webinar, join wildlife ecologist Jared Stabach for a journey into the Smithsonian's animal tracking in Africa. He'll take you to Chad, where the Smithsonian and partners have been reintroducing the scimitar-horned oryx, once extinct in the wild. He'll then move on to Kenya, where they're using satellite and aerial images to track the migrations of wildebeest and other large mammals. Finally, Jared will pan out to reveal how giraffe populations are rebounding across the continent.