The beaver is one of North America’s greatest ecosystem engineers and conservation success stories, and we are thrilled to welcome a second beaver to the American Trail!
wild without her mother, so the decision was made to hand
April, or Ape-ril, is a great time to recognize our apes because many of them celebrate their birthdays this month!
On the one hand, it can be difficult to get and hold
There are only 135 Guam kingfishers in the world, but scientists around the world are working to change that by breeding the species for release in the near future.
To help, we plan to hand-rear one chick while they
The six lion cubs at the Great Cats Exhibit are growing fast and their husbandry training sessions are in full swing! Parents Luke, Naba and Shera have their paws full with the rambunctious cubs—but it’s our animal care team’s challenge to care for the entire pride.
These are the first steps towards hand-injections!
Try not to get ’swamped‘ with these bite-sized facts about American alligators and their crocodilian cousins.
fed over the edge of the metal catwalk on the right hand
Celebrate giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji’s birthday—and Zoo Guardians’ first anniversary—with giant panda keeper and real-life Zoo Guardian, Nicole MacCorkle!
Mei Xiang, on the other hand, will rub pumpkin spice
Fall is upon us, which means that it’s a great time to visit the Great Cats exhibit to see our African lions in action! When the temperature is between 45 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit, the cats are at their most frisky.
The boys, on the other hand, have very distinguishing
Since Aug. 2, Great Cats keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo have been supplemental feeding the 6-week-old male Sumatran tiger cub.
We don’t want to hand-raise him, because that has the
As an animal keeper at SCBI, some of my favorite birds to work with are small but sassy. Guam kingfishers certainly fall into this category. We have three pairs to introduce during this year’s breeding season, so we have our work cut out for us.
Animu was hand-reared by SCBI keepers in 2019 when
On Father’s Day weekend, Shera’s four cubs made their big debut at the Great Cats exhibit! Now, visitors can see the whole pride every day between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. weather permitting. Animal keeper Rebecca Stites gives us the latest update on the cubs.
with a flashlight, and position their bodies for hand-injected
