Gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian’s woke push ‘infiltrated’ America's most beloved Zoo

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Key points

• Fox News Digital spoke to researcher Jason Hayes at the Heritage Foundation regarding the far-left push within the environmental and wildlife conservation space.
• A Fox News Digital review discovered the National Zoo has promoted DEI, LGBTQ and environmental-justice initiatives.
• It hosts roughly 2 million visitors each year at its Washington, D.C.
• SMITHSONIAN: A TIMELINE OF HOW THE WHITE HOUSE FIGHT OVER 'WOKE' HISTORY UNFOLDED.

Fox News Digital spoke to researcher Jason Hayes at the Heritage Foundation regarding the far-left push within the environmental and wildlife conservation space. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

FIRST ON FOX: As the Trump administration continues to crack down on far-left messaging and agenda items within the Smithsonian Institution, a Fox News Digital review discovered that the Smithsonian National Zoo has been adopting "woke" messaging and programming of its own over the past a number of years.

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. It hosts roughly 2 million visitors each year at its Washington, D.C. National zoo and operates a global conservation research program spanning more than 40 countries, has placed an emphasis on problems like DEI and climate change, according to its own website.

"Gender equity, civil liberties and justice are necessary ingredients for peace and prosperity, but they also have a direct impact on resource use and climate change, " a 2021 article on the organization's website reads.

Notably, the article, written by seabird ecologist Autumn-Lynn Harrison and coral biologist Mary Hagedorn, makes the case that "one direct way we can bolster climate action is by addressing inequities in health and education across the globe."

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Notably, a Fox News Digital review discovered the National Zoo has promoted DEI, LGBTQ and environmental-justice initiatives. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images;).

For now, gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian's woke push 'infiltrated' America' s remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.