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 online and visitors may purchase Parking Passes on-site (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.)

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

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September 30, 2015

Oryx Calf Update: Bottle Feeding Q&A

In summer 2015, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute celebrated the birth of seven scimitar-horned oryx calves. When keepers noticed that a female calf named Esmerelda wasn't getting the maternal care she needed, they leapt into action. Keeper Dolores Reed bottle-fed Esmerelda, and now she...

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