While Sumatra doesn’t have the cold weather that we have here, our Sumatran tigers
Happy salamander Saturday! This annual holiday honoring these amazing amphibians takes place on the first Saturday in May. To celebrate, we’re counting down animal keeper Matt Neff’s top six favorite salamander facts! Stop by the Reptile Discovery Center’s Jewels of Appalachia exhibit to see these awesome amphibians up close.
Salamanders have super-sensitive skin—and many breathe through it.
It was a busy week for Rosalie and her five cubs, as they moved back inside an artificial den and are back on the Cheetah Cub Cam. Animal care staff were finally able weigh each cub!
It has been a busy week for Rosalie and her cubs, as they have moved back inside
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.
At the Zoo, the monkeys don’t have to worry about predators, but we put water in
Happy National Veterinary Technician Week! At the Zoo, vet techs play a major role in keeping our animals healthy.
In our Wildlife Health Sciences program, I have the wonderful opportunity to teach
White faced saki, also called pale-headed saki monkeys, are a species of monkey native to South America. They spend almost their entire lives in the trees, seldom if ever descending to the forest floor.
reddish, while females are mostly brown to brown-gray, with paler bellies, and have
A familiar sparrow that can be found throughout North America, song sparrows are often seen singing cheerfully while perched on a tree branch or telephone wire. The species is present in most of their range year-round, although northern populations migrate to the southern United States and Mexico for the winter.
However, adults in many subpopulations have upper parts of their body that are chestnut
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!
Panamanian golden frogs have very smooth skin, similar to dart frogs.
Slow down with Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s three southern two-toed sloths. Keeper Kara Ingraham works with Athena and Vlad in the Small Mammal House, and keeper Denny Charlton tends to Howie in Amazonia. Find out what it takes to care for these unique animals!
Kara: I have always loved animals and grew up dreaming of saving the rainforest.
Keepers can learn a lot about an animal’s needs just by monitoring its weight. But how do you weigh a wiggly ferret or get a full-grown elephant onto a scale? Find out in this update from primate keeper Erin Stromberg.
The scale is built into the base of a protective elephant chute, which keepers have
