Take a ride on the wild side! Located across from the Zoo’s Lemur Island, the Speedwell Foundation Conservation Carousel features dozens of custom-carved and hand-painted animals.
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Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Zoo’s Tiger Cub Transferred to San Diego Zoo Safari
Check the map to find a store or café near you that carries Bird Friendly® certified coffees.
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Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
Zoo’s Tiger Cub Transferred to San Diego Zoo Safari
Planning a visit to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo? Don’t miss these exciting attractions throughout the park.
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Thirty years after painting his first mural at the Zoo, marine muralist Wyland returned to paint a new mural raising awareness about a different group of magnificent sea animals: coral.
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As frogs around the world continue to disappear—many killed by a rapidly spreading disease called chytridiomycosis, which attacks the skin cells of amphibians—one critically endangered species has received an encouraging boost.
Project participants include Africam Safari, Panama’s
How can you tell if a cheetah is pregnant? Researchers are developing a noninvasive test for felids, which could ensure more healthy, successful births.
Spectrometry Facility White Oak Conservation Wildlife Safari
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is hosting several events in April and May, 2020, including Earth Optimism on Easter Monday; International Family Equality Day; Wildlife Migration Day; and Bite Night: ZooFari.
Embark on a culinary safari May 20 at Bite Night: ZooFari
Listed below are events being held June through August as part of the “Dino Summer” experience at Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
Travel back in time with “DinoRoars” — a self-guided safari
