The Smithsonian`s National Zoo recently acquired 12,000 new animalsmicroscopic Elkhorn coral larvae harvested by National Zoo scientists in Puerto Ricoas part of an international collaborative program to raise the threatened species. National Zoo scientists hope to one day return the animals, once they are grown, to their wild ocean habitat.
Smithsonian scientists working to save microscopic threatened species
- PhysOrg
- 26. 9 2007 (21:45)