Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | |
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38°53′15.6″N 78°9′54.6″W / 38.887667°N 78.165167°W | |
Date opened | 1974 |
Location | Front Royal, Virginia, United States |
Land area | 3,200 acres (13 km2) |
Website | nationalzoo |
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.[1]
Previously named the Conservation and Research Center, the CRC became known as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2010[1] as a symbol of its growing independence from the captive animals associated with the traditional images of zoos.[citation needed]