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Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
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Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute

11/08/2024 - Washington, District of Columbia

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The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) is a unit of the Smithsonian Institution located on a 3,200-acre (13 km2) campus located just outside the town of Front Royal, Virginia. An extension of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the SCBI has played a leading role in the fields of veterinary medicine, reproductive physiology and conservation biology since its founding in 1974.