Please note: The Great Ape House will be closed to visitors on Thursday, April 3.

Due to technical difficulties, we cannot process online payments. Free Entry Passes are still available and visitors may purchase Parking Passes at the Zoo (subject to availability).

Today's hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 5 p.m.)

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Today's hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 5 p.m.)

Passes

Today's hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (last entry 5 p.m.)

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A gibbon (siamang) named Ronnie with black fur and long arms sits on a small wooden bridge made of branches, with its arm outstretched and grasping a branch

October 23, 2020

How Long Are a Gibbon’s Arms? And More Gibbon Facts

Oct. 24 is International Gibbon Day, so take a few minutes to learn all about these acrobatic apes.

White-cheeked gibbon Sydney in his habitat at Gibbon Ridge.

February 11, 2020

White-Cheeked Gibbon Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Primate keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo are mourning the loss of Sydney, a white-cheeked gibbon who was humanely euthanized Feb. 4. He was 20 years old.

A primate, called a siamang, with thick black fur, long limbs and a large, round throat sack opens its mouth to make a vocalization

January 03, 2020

Featured Creature: Meet the Gibbons!

Swing into the new year with an animal that knows a thing or two about swinging: gibbons! Get to know Sydney, Ronnie and Bradley from primate keeper Carly Hornberger.

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How Long Are a Gibbon’s Arms? And More Gibbon Facts

White-Cheeked Gibbon Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Featured Creature: Meet the Gibbons!

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