It’s a question visitors ask staff all the time at the Zoo’s Bird House. The answer may surprise you!
conservation efforts include connecting animals like migratory shorebirds with millions
Can sloth swim? What do they eat? And why are they so slow? Impress your friends and ace your next online quiz with these fun facts about sloths to celebrate International Sloth Day on Oct. 20.
Millions of years ago, giant ground sloths the size of elephants roamed the planet
It looks like the angriest housecat you’ve ever seen, but it’s actually the Pallas’s cat: a small Asian wildcat known for its thick fur and unusual face.
The Eurasian steppe covers millions of square miles of open grasslands, savannas
On March 30, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Zoo Neighborhood Council (ZNC) held its first meeting of 2023.
The extended closures resulted in millions of dollars of lost revenue, while costs
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute began as the dream of William Temple Hornaday.
The species, which once roamed the American West by the millions, was reduced to
With just a few tips and tricks, anyone can find salamanders and celebrate nature in their local area.
Millions of frogs and salamanders across the globe have died from a deadly introduced
A sassy new resident made her debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo this week! Animal care staff recently welcomed Amur tiger Nikita to the Great Cats exhibit. Get to know her in this Q&A.
helping to plan and manage our breeding program or by sharing their stories with the millions
Twenty-three years after being declared “extinct in the wild”, the scimitar-horned oryx has made a remarkable comeback. Smithsonian ecologist Katherine Mertes shares how the species reached the turning point.
The RFOROA is a mixed-use landscape, and mobile agropastoralists graze millions of
November was an exciting month for the Zoo’s giant panda cub! He received a clean bill of health during his third veterinary exam, was named „Xiao Qi Ji“ by his fans around the world and took his first steps.
little guy has been such a source of happiness and positivity for our team and millions
For four years, the Reptile Discovery Center’s Asian water dragon female lived alone. Then, while examining eggs as part of a study, animal keepers made a shocking discovery—one was fertile! How could a female lay a fertile egg without a mate? They turned to the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) for an answer to the mystery: parthenogenesis.
Then, we searched the millions of DNA sequences that were generated, looking for
