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Western lowland gorilla Calaya participates in an ultrasound with animal keeper Melba Brown.
March 30, 2018

#GorillaStory: What to Expect

Asian elephant Spike in the Elephant Barn.
March 29, 2018

Elephant Update: Spike Settles In

A recently burned forest at the base of a mountain. The forest is burnt in the foreground and gets progressively greener in the background toward the mountain.
March 27, 2018

Using Mathematical Models to Save Forests

Western lowland gorilla Calaya eating her vegetable diet.
March 23, 2018

#GorillaStory: Nutrition

March 23, 2018

Smithsonian’s National Zoo Welcomes Male Asian Elephant

Gray Wolf
March 22, 2018

Why Do Wolves Howl? And Other Top Wolf Questions Answered

Giant panda
March 19, 2018

Behind the Scenes of Giant Panda Breeding Season

A dark gray bird with red eyes and an orange and black beak, called a snail kite, wearing a GPS satellite tracker on its back
March 14, 2018

Satellite Transmitters Reveal Migratory Patterns of Snail Kites in South America

a black-footed ferret on dirt
March 14, 2018

David Wildt Receives 2017 Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award

March 13, 2018

Smithsonian Scientists Find Elephant-poaching Crisis Emerging in Myanmar

March 08, 2018

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

A medium-sized black bird, called a common raven, perched on a tree branch
March 07, 2018

Two Species of Ravens Nevermore?

Bornean orangutan Redd at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
March 05, 2018

Are Orangutans Monkeys? And Other Orangutan Facts

Pacu vet procedure at Amazonia
March 02, 2018

A Day in the Life of an Amazonia Keeper

Western lowland gorillas Mandara and Calaya in their yard
March 02, 2018

#GorillaStory: Foster Training with Mandara

Tentacled snake baby
March 02, 2018

New at the Zoo: Tentacled Snake Babies

March 01, 2018

Giant Panda Mei Xiang is Artificially Inseminated at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

A male African lion laying on the ground with greenery in the background
March 01, 2018

African Lion Luke Update

Western lowland gorilla Calaya is in her third trimester.
February 23, 2018

#GorillaStory: Two Troops

Maned wolf pups
February 22, 2018

Maned Wolf Pups Get a Checkup

Mei Xiang
February 21, 2018

Breeding Season is in the Air

giant panda bei bei eating bamboo
February 16, 2018

Happy Lunar New Year 2018 from Bei Bei