Animals

Meet the Animals of the National Zoo

Meet Our Animals

Displaying 9 to 16 of 222 Animals

African clawed frog

Exhibit: Amazonia

African plated lizard

Exhibit: Reptile Discovery Center

Aldabra tortoise

Exhibit: Reptile Discovery Center

Allen's swamp monkey

Exhibit: Primates

Alligator snapping turtle

Exhibit: Reptile Discovery Center

Alpaca

Exhibit: Kids' Farm

American alligator

Exhibit: Reptile Discovery Center

American avocet

Exhibit: Bird House

Animal News

A painted terrapin hatched in the Reptile Discovery Center in August 2025. (Roshan Patel/Smithsonian)
January 08, 2026

Meet Our Tiny Terrapin Hatchling ›

Black and white image of two tiny sloth bear cubs snuggling.
January 06, 2026

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Welcomes Two Sloth Bear Cubs ›

Two orangutans, one male and one female, climb across a rope bridge.
December 22, 2025

How Human Health Technology Is Improving Orangutan Welfare ›