Today I was working with one of my favorite animals, Wally the American alligator. Wally lives in front of the Reptile Discovery Center in an outdoor pond.
Historically, Wally was fed over the edge of the metal catwalk on the right hand
Siamangs are arboreal, black-furred gibbons native to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatran rain and monsoon forests. They are the largest of the gibbons and use their throat sacs to vocalize, making a deep boom or high-pitched „wow“ sound.
In the trees, they move by acrobatic hand-over-hand swinging through the branches
Regular Zoo visitors are probably familiar with the sight of our three cheetah brothers: Zabini, Granger, and Draco. One of the brothers, Draco, has never had a robust appetite. It’s typical for cheetahs to lose weight in the spring and summer and to gain it again in the fall and winter.
gets the nutrients he needs, keepers are giving him extra care and attention and „hand-feeding
As of December 7, Bei Bei weighed about 16 pounds (7.32 kg). Even though he’s grown exponentially over the last few months, he still won’t be eating bamboo for a while. However, he has started to mouth it, which is typical of a cub his age.
When we hand-raised our sloth bear cub Remi, we noticed that she experienced discomfort
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute carnivore keeper Adri Kopp and intern Shannon Richard share the latest news on Echo’s cheetah cubs, from weigh-ins to water play.
A tub filled with water and jolly balls, on the other hand, kept them occupied for
White-naped cranes are an elegant species native to Northern Mongolia, southern Siberia, Korea, Japan and central China. They are slightly smaller than red-crowned cranes. This bird has a white nape and vertical gray stripes on its neck, as well as a distinct red patch surrounding its eyes.
One such white-naped crane, a female nicknamed Walnut, was hand raised at another
Slow down with Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s three southern two-toed sloths. Keeper Kara Ingraham works with Athena and Vlad in the Small Mammal House, and keeper Denny Charlton tends to Howie in Amazonia. Find out what it takes to care for these unique animals!
To ensure she and Vlad get their tastiest food items, keepers hand-feed the sloth
Keepers can learn a lot about an animal’s needs just by monitoring its weight. But how do you weigh a wiggly ferret or get a full-grown elephant onto a scale? Find out in this update from primate keeper Erin Stromberg.
monkey could mean that there is too much competition for food, and it needs to be hand-fed
From the arrival of adorable chicks to award-winning excellence in animal care, much is brewing behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.
Hand-raised by keepers, she has a sweet temperament and joyous personality.
Last week saw a perfect example of how the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute saves species: Staff released black-footed ferrets—once feared to be extinct—into the wild prairie on a ranch in Colorado.
SCBI supervisory biologist Warren Lynch and animal keeper Chris Crowe were on hand
