Research
The Bill and Berniece Grewcock Center for Conservation and Research is a world-class research center at the zoo. The center has discovered several new species. The world's first "test-tube" gorilla in-vitro fertilization resides at the zoo. The world's first artificially inseminated tiger was born in Omaha in 1991, followed by the world's first artificially inseminated gaur. The original 16,448-square-foot (1,528.1 m2) facility was constructed in 1996. In 2006 it is undergoing a $6 million expansion which brings the total space to 32,000 square feet (3,000 m2).
The research center focuses on six areas:
- Education and technology transfer
- Conservation medicine
- Molecular genetics
- Reproductive physiology
- Horticulture
- Nutrition
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“After all, the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth.”
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“... research is never completed ... Around the corner lurks another possibility of interview, another book to read, a courthouse to explore, a document to verify.”
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