Sea lions are noisy — but how many sounds can they make? Quench your curiosity in this virtual keeper talk with American Trail keeper Sydney Lenz!
Each year, up to 12 million metric tons of plastic pollution end up in the ocean.
Waddle along with Small Mammal House Curator and African Penguin Species Survival Plan coordinator, Steven J. Sarro, as he shares his experiences working with zoos and penguins!
Image: Some 120 years ago, more than 3 million African penguins lived in the wild
The Smithsonian has about one million samples from 18,000 species, with thousands
The only standardized camera trap survey with data from all 50 states, Snapshot USA tracks long-term trends in mammal populations.
project partners have deployed camera arrays at 337 unique sites and collected over 1 million
Bird Friendly does more than any other certification to conserve habitat for birds.
through the hard work of 5,100 Bird Friendly farmers in 11 countries growing 34 million
Crash into May with black rhinos! Dr. Francesca Vitali is a wildlife veterinarian and Morris Animal Foundation postdoctoral fellow with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Global Health Program. She is currently working with our Smithsonian partners in Kenya to help conserve Eastern black rhino populations.
Having the opportunity help preserve an animal that has been on Earth for about 60 million
The alpaca is a small relative of the camel domesticated by Andean people for its wool. They are slender-bodied animals with long legs and necks, small heads and large, pointed ears. Alpacas are covered in a soft fleece and have soft, padded feet.
This family of animals originated on the plains of North America about 10 million
Our elephant herd is growing again—this time with three female elephants from Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada! Next spring, Kamala, Swarna, and Maharani, will arrive here on loan from the Calgary Zoo, expanding our existing herd to seven.
Rubenstein donated $2 million to enable us to bring the elephants to Washington.
Seasons creepings! This Halloween, get to know some animals who don’t deserve to have such fearsome reputations… and some that you might not want to encounter alone on a moonlit night.
related to spiders and scorpions than crabs—have existed on Earth for over 445 million
Grevy’s zebras are the largest zebra species. They have thicker stripes and bigger ears than other zebras. They are also the most threatened. Fewer than an estimated 2,500 remain in the wild.
Fossils found in China and Uzbekistan, as well as a two million-year-old fossil found
