a bird keeper at the National Zoo’s Bird House. It takes keepers a long time to acclimate these birds to strange objects like electronic scales, but enticing them with their favorite bugs for ...

Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

The Panda House at the National Zoo has been empty for more than a year after Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji were sent back to China in November 2023 when a previous agreement between the U.S ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao, the pandas who moved from China to the National Zoo in October, are finally ready to meet their fans. The Giant Panda Habitat, Bird House and Asia Trail are currently closed ...

a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering ...

The National Zoo announced pandas have returned to Washington and made their public debut Friday. “The wait is OVER: the giant pandas have officially made their public debut at the Smithsonian ...

To find out where the pandas are, pull up the panda cam, which will go live on the National Zoo’s website Friday, on your phone while waiting in line for the panda house. Just be warned ...

Return to the National Zoo The Panda House at the National Zoo has been empty for more than a year after Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji were sent back to China in November 2023 when a ...