There are two new (adorable) kids on the block at American Trail! The team welcomed California sea lion pup Charger and North American beaver Poplar to their new homes at Smithsonian’s National Zoo this past summer.
making great progress and have even successfully hand-fed
A new #GorillaStory has begun! Get the latest update on our 4-week-old western lowland gorilla, Zahra, from primate keeper Valerie Schultz.
Sometimes, she will bark softly or push Moke’s hand
From scorching deserts to freezing oceans, birds have developed incredible methods for regulating their body temperatures.
A Helping Hand From wild species in your neighborhood
La Plata three-banded armadillos, also known as southern three-banded armadillos, are the only armadillo that can curl up into a complete ball. Native to South America, they are also one of the only armadillos that are not good diggers.
forms a trap that snaps closed on their predator’s hand
As the days get shorter and the weather gets cooler, the pandas are spending more time in their yards. Panda keepers sometimes get asked by the visitors why we place the bamboo and enrichment items in the places that we do when we set up the yards.
the mixture, shape the dough into small biscuits by hand
Often described as resembling children’s teddy bears, pygmy slow lorises have large, round, forward-facing eyes. Their small size makes them almost invisible in dense forests.
They can walk along branches hand over foot and even
As their native habitat continues to shrink, wild cheetahs are facing a drought of genetic diversity. This is in direct contrast with the population of cheetahs in zoos, which is as genetically diverse as it was 30 years ago because of cooperative and strategically managed breeding programs.
Females, on the other hand, mature between 24-30 months
On March 30, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s Zoo Neighborhood Council (ZNC) held its first meeting of 2023.
visitation days, including a thorough but speedy hand-check
Asia Trail is home to the some of the largest continent’s most unique species: sloth bears, red pandas, Asian small-clawed otters, clouded leopards and fishing cats.
extensive experience with both mother-reared and hand-reared
Stories about amphibians don’t always end with “happily ever after,” but scientists around the globe, including Brian Gratwicke at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, are working together to rewrite frogs’ fate.
synthesize hundreds of thousands of hours of first-hand
