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Western lowland gorilla Calaya in the yard.

#GorillaStory: Behavior Watch

April 06, 2018
A Rwandan mountain gorilla holding a stick and eating

A House Call for Mountain Gorillas

April 06, 2018
Sloth bear Niko on exhibit at Asia Trail.

New at the Zoo: Sloth Bear Niko

April 06, 2018
Keeper Nikki Maticic conducts a training session with goat Mortimer.

A Day in the Life of a Kids' Farm Keeper

April 05, 2018
Western lowland gorilla Calaya participates in an ultrasound with animal keeper Melba Brown.

#GorillaStory: What to Expect

March 30, 2018
Asian elephant Spike in the Elephant Barn.

Elephant Update: Spike Settles In

March 29, 2018
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.

Using Mathematical Models to Save Forests

March 27, 2018
Western lowland gorilla Calaya eating her vegetable diet.

#GorillaStory: Nutrition

March 23, 2018

Smithsonian’s National Zoo Welcomes Male Asian Elephant

March 23, 2018
Gray Wolf

Why Do Wolves Howl? And Other Top Wolf Questions Answered

March 22, 2018
Giant panda

Behind the Scenes of Giant Panda Breeding Season

March 19, 2018
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

Satellite Transmitters Reveal Migratory Patterns of Snail Kites in South America

March 14, 2018
a black-footed ferret on dirt

David Wildt Receives 2017 Smithsonian Distinguished Scholar Award

March 14, 2018

Smithsonian Scientists Find Elephant-poaching Crisis Emerging in Myanmar

March 13, 2018

Prehensile-tailed Porcupine Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

March 08, 2018
A medium-sized black bird, called a common raven, perched on a tree branch

Two Species of Ravens Nevermore?

March 07, 2018
Bornean orangutan Redd at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

Are Orangutans Monkeys? And Other Orangutan Facts

March 05, 2018
Pacu vet procedure at Amazonia

A Day in the Life of an Amazonia Keeper

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

#GorillaStory: Foster Training with Mandara

March 02, 2018
Tentacled snake baby

New at the Zoo: Tentacled Snake Babies

March 02, 2018

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

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

African Lion Luke Update

March 01, 2018