Snowfall fun and sugar cane snacks made January an eventful month for giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji! Get the latest #PandaStory update from assistant curator Laurie Thompson.
On Jan. 3, Washington D.C. experienced its first snow storm of 2022.
Soyono was born here in Washington in June of 1993 and has spent all of her long
away, the cubs would be ready to meet their adoring public in March when things in Washington
conditioning and ventilating fans so that he would be comfortable during his ride to Washington
A new study from SCBI and partners compares the bacterial communities (microbiome) in the gut of wild rhinos to that of those in human care, resulting in a recommendation for a health-boosting rhino diet.
Keylie Gibson, Bryan Nguyen, Laura Neumann, Michelle Ahn and Keith Crandall, George Washington
All four red panda pairs at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., successfully bred and had cubs this year. Of the 10 cubs, more born at SCBI than any other year, seven have survived.
well as conservation ecology programs based at Front Royal, the National Zoo in Washington
Eight-week-old Allen’s swamp monkey Zawadi is on the move. Over the past few weeks, biologist Becky Malinsky has watched the baby—whose name means „gift“ in Swahili—become more independent.
the Zoo during the summer, then you know it can get hot, muggy and buggy here in Washington
With their warm golden-hued eyes, coats that camouflage them in the tree canopy and cheery “chuff” greetings—there’s no denying clouded leopards’ charisma. Get to know our cats!
Meet the City Cats | Washington, D.C.
Every spring, black-crowned night herons nest at the Zoo. Scientists are tracking these birds to unravel the mystery of where they spend the winter.
Every spring, approximately 100 breeding pairs arrive at the Zoo in Washington, D.C
Catch up with the Zoo’s Andean bears, Billie jean and Quito, with animal keeper Sara Colandrea.
This past summer in Washington, D.C., was exceptionally hot and humid, and our bears
