Bill McShea of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. (Photo courtesy of Bill McShea)

China has established an impressive array of reserves to conserve the giant panda. These reserves also harbor many unique species of mammals in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. In our kickoff lecture of 2021, join Smithsonian wildlife ecologist Bill McShea to learn about the ecology and conservation of these species in a land striving to conserve its natural heritage in the face of rapid development.

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