Current News
- The Votes Are In: Smithsonian’s National Zoo Kiwi Chick Will Be Named “Koa”
More than 45 percent of National Zoo Web site voters selected the name “Koa” for the Zoo’s recently hatched North Island Brown kiwi. - FONZ Celebrates 50 Years
Friends of the National Zoo was established in April 1958 by a group of citizens from neighboring Cleveland Park who valued the Zoo as an important educational and cultural resource and lobbied for its funding. Fifty years later, FONZ—and its members, volunteers, and staff—have become so integral to the Zoo's operations and mission that there are few aspects of the Zoo's work that FONZ doesn't support in some way. The Zoo and FONZ will celebrate their partnership throughout 2008. - National Zoo Kiwi Chick Is Male; Zoo Invites Public to Help Choose Name
National Zoo geneticists have determined that the North Island brown kiwi chick that hatched March 7 is male. The public is invited to help choose its name. - 2008 Giant Panda Mating Season Begins at National Zoo
National Zoo scientists and veterinarians performed a nonsurgical artificial insemination after the Zoo's giant pandas did not successfully mate. - Rare North Island Brown Kiwi Hatches at the National Zoo
On March 7, one of the world’s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the National Zoo's Bird House. - National Zoo Mourns the Loss of Treasured Colleague
David Challinor, Senior Scientist Emeritus at the National Zoo and a former Smithsonian Assistant Secretary for Science, has passed away. -
National Zoo Scimitar-Horned Oryx Going Into the Wild
A male scimitar-horned oryx from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., is playing an important role in ensuring the species does not vanish from the planet. -
Tropical Winter Habitat Drives Natal Dispersal of Young Migratory Birds
A new study by scientists at the Migratory Bird Center at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo shows that the factors determining where birds settle and nest in the first breeding season depends on the habitat they used during their first winter in the tropics. - News Archive: 2008 l 2007 l 2006 l 2005 l 2004 l 2003 l 2002
Upcoming Events
- Panda Month, Throughout April
- Bird Fest 2008, April 26-27
- Guppy Gala, May 9
- ZooFari 2008, "Frogs & Friends", May 15
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