Fishing cats are native to southern Asia. Very little is known about the behavior, habitat, population and habits of these elusive, nocturnal felines.
Its cheeks have white highlights and black marks, and its eyes are ringed with white
Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
You: July 2020 Grab a delicious snack with prehensile-tailed porcupine Quilliam, have
Elephant Trails is more than an exhibit; it is also an extensive conservation program built on decades of science. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s rich history of caring for and studying Asian elephants spans more than a century.
the Elephant Community Center and the surrounding outdoor yards, the elephants have
In a little over a week, our western lowland gorilla infant, Zahra, will be six months old! Overall, she is doing great and has recently started going on many little adventures.
We have seen Calaya reach into Zahra’s mouth and pull a hard-won piece of food out
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.
For now, they only have to compete with one another, so the odds are in their favor
The hawk-headed parrot is a colorful bird found in South American rainforests. When frightened, it can raise its neck feathers, forming a fan around its head.
Members of the Psittacidae family have zygodactyl feet, meaning two toes point forward
It’s not easy to be low on the food chain. But white-bearded wildebeests face a threat even greater than lions and leopards. Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing an alarming collapse in their numbers, says Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientist Jared Stabach. In March, he traveled to Kenya to join University of Glasgow and Kenya Wildlife Service colleagues track how these fantastic ‘beests’ are faring when food is scarce.
What most folks don’t realize is that many wildebeest populations have experienced
Conservationists are establishing healthy amphibian populations in human care, called amphibian arks, for up to 2,000 species likely to go extinct in the next decade.
the world’s amphibians are in decline, and researchers believe that 122 species have
The black pacu is a large, nonaggressive, fruit-eating species of fish found in the upper Amazon River basin.
They have small eyes and an arched back.
Barred tiger salamanders are one of the longest terrestrial salamanders in North America. They are mostly nocturnal and live in forests, fields, meadows, grasslands and deserts.
Fact Sheet Conservation Physical Description They have small, rounded heads
