Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Every October, we celebrate World Lemur Day to raise
Every October, we celebrate World Lemur Day to raise
Get up close to the animals of the Amazon, including turtles, sting rays, arapaima and roseate spoonbills. Or, see cutting-edge Zoo science at Amphibian Alert and the Coral Lab.
pig Image: Hawk-headed parrot Image: Lemur
Keepers can learn a lot about an animal’s needs just by monitoring its weight. But how do you weigh a wiggly ferret or get a full-grown elephant onto a scale? Find out in this update from primate keeper Erin Stromberg.
The lemurs at the Lemur Island exhibit are weighed
‚Hoppy‘ Amphibian Awareness Week! All week long, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute will be sharing stories about amazing amphibians and the scientists working to save them from extinction.
mossy frog and see if you can spot the unbe-leaf-able lemur
The holiday season and new year were an exciting time for the Zoo’s 9-month-old western lowland gorilla, Moke! Read the latest keeper update.
Image: Moke reaches for a pop-up lemur in one of
Add a little sunshine to a gray winter day with a trip to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. There’s still plenty to see from December through March. This guide will help you plan for a cold-weather visit.
orangutans using the O-Line, because orangutans, lemurs
Anna Feistner is a conservation biologist at the Center for Conservation and Sustainability’s Gabon Biodiversity Program, based in southwestern Gabon. The Gamba Complex of Protected Areas in Gabon is high in biodiversity, including threatened and protected species (forest elephants, great apes, marine turtles) coexisting with oil and forestry concessions, as well as local communities.
support the survival of endangered fauna, especially lemurs
Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s primates– gibbons, siamangs, lemurs
Focus on the Future is a series that seeks to highlight the early career scientists who conduct research at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Learn about undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral fellows and the conservation research they are supporting through first-hand accounts and stories.
for graduate school to study behavioral ecology in lemurs
