Press Release Archive

An archive of press releases from Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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Citizen Scientists Discover Endangered Orchid in Virginia

August 06, 2019

Kirtland’s Warbler No Longer Needs Protection from Brown-Headed Cowbird in Michigan

July 31, 2019

Critically Endangered Scimitar-horned Oryx Calves Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

July 16, 2019

Asian Water Dragon Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

July 05, 2019

Male African Lions in Human Care Hit Puberty Earlier Than in the Wild

July 01, 2019

Sea Lion Pup Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

June 28, 2019

Endangered Red Panda Cub Born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

June 25, 2019

Keepers Help Vulnerable Hooded Crane Hatch at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

June 19, 2019

Scientists Confirm Facultative Parthenogenesis in Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asian Water Dragon

June 05, 2019

Smokey Bear Exhibit Opens at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

May 23, 2019

Media Advisory: Public Invited to Smokey Bear Exhibit Opening

May 21, 2019

“Dino Summer” Events at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

May 14, 2019

Extinct-in-the-Wild Guam Kingfisher Hatches at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

April 26, 2019

It’s “Dino Summer” at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

April 24, 2019

Smithsonian Scientists Use eDNA for the First Time To Find Wood Turtles in Virginia

April 23, 2019

Elderly Gray Wolf Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

April 23, 2019
A photo from the second naked mole-rat cam at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The cam gives a behind-the-scenes look at the naked mole-rats moving through the tunnels that link the chambers of their exhibit together.

Second Live Naked Mole-rat Cam Is Coming to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

April 11, 2019

Spring Events at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

April 02, 2019

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

March 29, 2019

Mass Amphibian Extinctions Globally Caused By Fungal Disease

March 28, 2019

Wallaby Joey Born at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

March 20, 2019

Asian Small-Clawed Otter Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

March 15, 2019

Second Kiwi Chick Hatches at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute This Year

March 07, 2019

Three Animals Die at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

March 07, 2019