Try not to get ’swamped‘ with these bite-sized facts about American alligators and their crocodilian cousins.
next visit to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington
Animal keeper Kyle Miller leaps into his experience caring for Cuban crocodiles!
Washington, D.C.’s summers are hot and humid, just like in Cuba.
January was a month full of firsts for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s giant panda cub, Xiao Qi Ji. The growing bear played with his first enrichment toys, sampled his first sweet potato, took his first bite of bamboo, let fans into his habitat during his first livestream and experienced his first encounter with snow! Through each of these milestones, giant panda assistant curator Laurie Thompson and keepers Marty Dearie and Mariel Lally helped keep fans at home connected to our cub.
Image: Jan. 31, 2021 | First Encounter With Snow As snow blanketed the Washington
Lions, tigers, cheetahs and bobcats – let’s play! Keepers Katy Juliano, Adri Kopp and Amber Dedrick know how to get the big cats they work with pouncing, roaring and purring for enrichment.
The Washington, D.C., area usually sees some snowfall in the winter.
They’re sweet, outgoing and always in the mood for food. Meet Scarlet, Xena and Taizong, the new red pandas at our Front Royal, Virginia, campus!
Want to see red pandas at the Zoo in Washington, D.C.?
The northern copperhead is a large, venomous snake found across the eastern United States in terrestrial and semiaquatic habitats. This copper-colored snake has an unmarked head and chestnut brown, hourglass-shaped crossbands along its body.
The copperhead is one of about 20 snakes native to Washington, D.C., and is the only
Western lowland gorilla Baraka is serious about food. When primate keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo noticed he wasn’t eating his meals, they wondered if his change in appetite masked something more serious. Go behind-the-scenes and see how staff cared for the Zoo’s silverback!
Khashayar Vaziri, a general surgeon, both from George Washington University.
An unseasonably strong storm in fall 2022 stirred up some romance between two Panamanian golden frogs. Now, Reptile Discovery Center keepers are caring for more than 400 of the couple’s golden-hued hatchlings!
Atelopus species, but it’s far longer than the frogs and toads that are native to Washington
How do you train a panda to voluntarily participate in blood draws and other medical exams? By building the bears’ trust and rewarding their participation with treats!
have helped support advances in giant panda care and conservation, not just in Washington
This Amphibian Week, take a closer look at what makes these species so wonderfully weird and worthy of our attention.
Transformation Tuesday: From Tadpoles to Toadlets Frogs and toads that are native to the Washington
