This photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024 shows a prairie dog at the American Prairie nature preserve in Montana. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
In this photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024, a long-billed curlew flies over the American Prairie reserve in Montana. (Andy Boyce/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
In this photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024, a long-billed curlew, bottom left, reacts to the "badgerinator," a simulated predator, during field research on prairie dog/long-billed curlew interactions at the American Prairie reserve in Montana. (Andrew Dreelin/Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
This photo provided by the Smithsonian in June 2024 shows a long-billed curlew at the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana. (Brett Kuxhausen/Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute via AP)
The executive director at Yerkes Future Foundation and Yerkes Observatory talks about visiting museums, driving autocross and eating soup out of a construction bucket.