With just a few tips and tricks, anyone can find salamanders and celebrate nature in their local area.
I handle salamanders as a scientist with gloves or with hands soiled in dirt, but
Don’t let his prickly appearance deter you – Quillbur is a very friendly porcupine! Get to know our new prehensile-tailed porcupine in this Q&A with Small Mammal House keepers.
grab hard-to-reach food or use their tail to steady themselves while they use both hands
This Valentine’s Day (or any day!) celebrate with your beloved and 2,700 of your closest animal friends at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
Take a spin on the Conservation Carousel Hold hands and have a laugh as you climb
Giant panda Mei Xiang continues to be a wonderful mother to her newborn. Last night, she gently set the cub down on the floor of their den and walked into her main indoor enclosure to drink some water.
the den for longer periods to eat, we will have an opportunity to do our first “hands
How big does a “weeble-wobble” have to be to withstand the strength of six female Asian elephants? Over the fall 2016 semester, students at MICA, the Maryland Institute College of Art, sought to answer that question. Collaborating with the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s animal care team, they designed and built an enrichment toy that would help the elephants use their natural behaviors in a new and different way.
design process is that you start with intuition and support that learning with hands
Bao Bao, her keeper Marty Dearie and Dr. Katharine Hope landed at China’s Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport around 6:59 p.m. CST after a 16-hour direct flight aboard the “FedEx Panda Express,” a custom-decaled 777F aircraft.
“She’s in excellent hands now and I’m glad I get to transition with our Chinese partners
Our 7-month-old Western lowland gorilla Zahra is becoming quite the independent little lady… as long as she’s not too busy stealing food from her mother!
Nothing around Zahra is safe from her little hands!
Kavi could not have been in better hands.
Emperor tamarins are small monkeys native to the southwest Amazon Basin. They are easily identified by their long, white whiskers that look like a mustache.
Like all tamarins, emperor tamarins have narrow hands with non-opposable thumbs.
Prairie dogs are a keystone species that provides disturbance in North American grasslands through grazing, burrowing, and clipping. This behavior shapes the habitat of countless prairie residents, including grassland birds.
ensure we don’t lead predators back to the nest, like covering the scent on our hands
