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A group of several meerkats jumbled up in a pile inside their habitat space.

September 02, 2025

Meet the Meerkats: A Guide to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Meerkat Family ›

Which meerkat is which? Small Mammal House keeper Ann Gutowski offers some clues on how you can tell the meerkats apart.

Three meerkat pups sit by the tunnel to their burrow.

June 30, 2023

New at the Zoo: Meet Our Meerkat Pups ›

From sweet snuggles to sassy vocalization and snatching snacks, it’s been a busy June for our growing meerkat pups!

Three meerkat pups were born at the Small Mammal House May 10, 2023, to mother Sadie and father Frankie.

May 24, 2023

Meerkats Are Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ›

For the first time in 16 years, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, D.C., is celebrating the birth of three meerkats.

Meerkat Dogo rests in the sand in his habitat at the Small Mammal House.

August 26, 2021

Meerkat Dies at Smithsonian's National Zoo ›

We are sad to share that Dogo, the last meerkat at the Small Mammal House, was humanely euthanized Aug. 23. At 14 years old, he lived four years beyond the median life expectancy for meerkats.

Three-month-old cheetah cub at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute plays with an enrichment toy.

July 31, 2020

Bringing the Zoo to You: July 2020 ›

Grab a delicious snack with prehensile-tailed porcupine Quilliam, have a ball watching our cheetah cubs play and behold beaver Aspen as he fells a tree. July brought about many exciting moments, not the least of which was the reopening of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo! Before you plan your visit...