The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s giant panda, Qing Bao (ching-BOW), will celebrate her 5th ...
There are plenty of objects and artifacts at the Smithsonian that are old. But at the National Zoo, there's not much older ...
Zoo hours change Sept. 15. The Zoo will be open 8 a.m.–4 p.m., with last entry at 3 p.m. View Zoo hours.
The banded rock rattlesnake is a venomous species. It is light gray with dark, gray-black bands along the length of its body. This species is sexually dichromatic, meaning males and females differ in ...
Four Chacoan peccaries moved into their habitat earlier this summer at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...
Madagascar giant day geckos are bright green, which helps them camouflage among tropical leaves as they wait for prey. They have some red mottling along the body, red spots on the back and a deep red ...
Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Front Royal, Virginia, conservation campus are celebrating the births of three red panda cubs, born earlier this summer. “The cubs are really just ...
An update from Robbie Clark, elephant manager and acting curator of Elephant Trails. This past week on April 2, our Asian elephant calf Linh Mai turned two months old. It’s a major milestone for her ...
Correction: A previous version of this news release incorrectly stated the square footage of the Elephant Trails exhibit. Altogether, it is 10,642.6 square meters (114,442.2 square feet). In ...
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) 11-day-old Asian elephant calf received her name today. After 10 days of voting and $58,892.70 raised in support of the ...
Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
Note to Media: Staff will provide interviews to media regarding the Zoo’s elephant care and conservation program Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Elephant Community Center. Nhi Linh and her ...
To survive in the rugged and sprawling grasslands of the Masai Mara ecosystem, herds of white-bearded wildebeest must overcome a gauntlet of dangers: hungry lions, treacherous rivers—and increasingly, ...
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