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Newsroom

Phone: 202-633-3055
Email: ZooSCBICommunications@si.edu

Welcome to the newsroom for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. If you are a reporter and would like to arrange an interview or get more information on the Zoo’s animals and conservation science research, or request photos or video, please contact the communications team to facilitate your request. Before calling to discuss stories on some of the most-covered topics, media are encouraged to look over online resources for details on the Zoo’s giant pandas, Asian elephants, and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute.

To be added to the Zoo's press release distribution list, please fill out the contact form on the right side of this page and use the subject line: "add to distribution list."

Press Releases

White-cheeked giboon
Oct. 17, 2017
White-cheeked Gibbon Euthanized at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Tuyen, a 10-year-old female white-cheeked gibbon at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, was humanely euthanized Oct. 12, after suffering from progressive neurologic disease and acute seizures. 
A male sloth bear playing with an enrichment toy
Oct. 17, 2017
Male Sloth Bear Arrives at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo recently welcomed a new sloth bear into its zoological family. Niko, a 2-year-old male, arrived Oct. 6 from NaturZoo Rheine in Germany and joins 3-year-old female sloth...
A researcher swabbing a salamander
Oct. 13, 2017
Smithsonian Scientists Find Deadly Pathogen Not Present in Pet Salamanders in the United States
In 2016, the international import of 201 salamander species into the United States was restricted in an effort to prevent the newly discovered deadly salamander fungal disease, Batrachochytrium...
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Animal News

Gray seal training at American Trail
Oct. 06, 2017
A Day in the Life of an American Trail Keeper
A stroll down American Trail brings visitors face-to-face with swimming sea lions, busy beavers and resourceful ravens. What visitors may not see are the dedicated keepers working hard behind the...
Electric Eel in the Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab
Oct. 06, 2017
It’s Electric (Fishes)!
Visitors seeking to inject a jolt of fun into their trip to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo need look no further than Amazonia’s Electric Fishes Demonstration Lab!
Giant panda Mei Xiang eating
Sep. 08, 2017
Behavior Watch for Mei Xiang Begins
The panda team is still waiting to find out if Mei Xiang will give birth or if she is experiencing a pseudopregnancy. Giant pandas’ hormones and behavior mimic a pregnancy even if they are...
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