Jilian, a clouded leopard cub named after Jilian Fazio, a research fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Photo by Lathan Goumas/Office of Communications and Marketing Photo Taken:Thursday, October 17, 2019
Monika Conrad, an environmental science and policy graduate student, conducts behavioral research on the red pandas, including Moonlight and her cub, at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and the National Zoo as part of her master’s program since April 2018. photo by Evan Cantwell/George Mason University
George Mason University alum Jilian Fazio, a research fellow at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute speaks to zoo visitors out side a clouded leopard exhibit, where one of two new cubs on display is named Jilian after her. Fazio also works as the Species Survival Plan Coordinator and International Studbook Keeper. Photo by Lathan Goumas/Office of Communications and Marketing Photo Taken:Thursday, October 17, 2019
