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In a little over a week, our western lowland gorilla infant, Zahra, will be six months old! Overall, she is doing great and has recently started going on many little adventures.
gets older, she will give her mom – and everyone else
Similar in coloration and closely related to the Baltimore oriole, the orchard oriole is the smallest member of the New World blackbird family that includes red-winged blackbirds and meadowlarks.
They are black everywhere else with white wing bars
By Stephen Schulze, Keeper at the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House
the mesh from acacia thorns than we do on anything else
Let’s play a game…for science! With a tap of the touch-screen computer, orangutans at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo try their memories at matching pictures. These games help scientists study the apes’ metacognition.
foods—grapes—but the treat is delivered somewhere else
In summer 2023, Bird House keepers celebrated the arrival of orchard oriole chicks—the first hatched in human care—and Baltimore oriole chicks. Curator Sara Hallager shares an update about the team’s success.
They are black everywhere else with white bars on their
With just a few tips and tricks, anyone can find salamanders and celebrate nature in their local area.
That is more than anywhere else in the world!
All it took was one hands-on experience with birds to get postdoctoral fellow Todd Jones hooked. Now, he’s conducting ground-breaking research on a critical stage of birds‘ lives.
for birds; it’s a key steppingstone to everything else
Things are hop-penning at Small Mammal House! On Jan. 24, a wallaby joey popped its head out of mom Victoria’s pouch. Get the scoop on the young joey from animal keeper Esther Wray.
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We’re leaping for joy and celebrating World Lemur Day at Smithsonian’s National Zoo! This special holiday—which takes place the last Friday in October—is the perfect occasion for learning all about our lemur friends.
animals are endemic—you won’t find them anywhere else
As August comes into full swing, get to know the golden lion tamarins from Kenton Kerns, assistant curator of Small Mammal House!
but often their favorite food is whatever someone else
