Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Washington

Snake-necked turtles look like creatures from fantasy—they’re a little weird and a little whimsical, but they’re beautiful, too. Last October, our Reptile Discovery Center team welcomed four snake-necked turtle hatchlings, the species’ first offspring at the Zoo in 9 years. 
Eastern box turtles, which are native to the Washington, D.C., region, can live to

What animal can rotate its head 180 degrees, has ears that function like satellites and marks its territory (and members of its social group) with urine? Meet our southern lesser galago brothers, Mopani and Damara! 
If you’re not able to come to Washington, D.C., just sharing our galagoes’ story

Find out how Smithsonian researchers are using camera traps to study bobcats on the Northern Great Plains.
Bobcats can be found nationwide (one was even spotted in 2019 along the C&O Canal in Washington

Smithsonian graduate fellow Johnny Stutzman shares how mentors can mold a scientific career in our latest Focus on the Future.
focused on how mammal communities changed along an urban-to-rural spectrum from Washington

Who’s black, white and ready to paw-ty? As part of the Pandaversary celebration, Asia Trail keepers threw a bearthday fête fit for our beloved giant panda family.
. 21, 2020, at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington

Smithsonian ecologist Claire Bresnan encourages aspiring scientists to take a chance on themselves, and not succumb to „gloom and doom“ in her Focus on the Future feature.
I’m from Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.

Hi, my name is Marie Galloway. I am the elephant manager here at National Zoo. Those of you that have been following our website for a long time might remember me from the „Moving In“ blog. I wrote updates in 2010 when the elephants were moving into the new Elephant Trails Phase 1 exhibit.
Like many native Washington, DC children, I have fond memories of visiting the museums

Thanks to their thick skin, strong claws, sharp teeth, and painful bite, Komodo dragons are NOT an animal you’d want to mess with.
At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., visitors can see two male

Zoo teams transformed the yards outside the Bird House into a thriving, wildflower-filled garden. Find out how they did it.
create an exclusion area for white-tailed deer, which are overpopulated in the Washington

She’s a sweet-natured, eager explorer with a taste for juicy wax worms. Meet Chiquita, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s new tamandua! 
The 1.5-year-old female arrived from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Washington