a bird keeper at the National Zoo’s Bird House. It takes keepers a long time to acclimate these birds to strange objects like electronic scales, but enticing them with their favorite bugs for ...

a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering ...

For the first time in more than two decades, the Smithsonian's National ... in the panda house for a minimum of 30 days. According to James Steeil, a veterinarian with the Zoo who traveled with ...

Enjoy a look back at some incredible and heartwarming stories about the Smithsonian National Zoo’s animals ... Naga and father Pabu at the Zoo’s Small Mammal House. Their births increase ...