The cool new couple at Gibbon Ridge are smart, sweet and specialize in singing duets — meet siamangs Adi and Guntur!
Guntur, on the other hand, is very patient and will calmly wait.
The American Trail welcomes California sea lion Nick to the herd, as he makes his splashy debut!
Mammal Center and because he was so young, Nick needed to be bottle-fed and was hand-raised
Spending your days with a herd of bison is an idyllic way to pass a summer. I would know, because most of my days from May to August were spent observing the behaviors of a herd of about 300 bison in Montana.
On an average day, we would head out to find the herd of bison, binoculars in hand
Recently, our Great Cats team bid farewell to African lion Amahle, who moved to another zoo to breed. Keeper Katy Juliano shares how Amahle’s mother, Shera, is adjusting in this update.
When a keeper gives either a verbal cue or hand signal, Shera will do the corresponding
show his new keepers what Guntur has been trained to do and show them what the hand
Inti is bold, Masi is chill and Sani is shy (unless there is food around). No, they aren’t the latest reality TV divas, but the newest residents at the Zoo. An all-female herd of guinea pigs has moved in to their new digs in Amazonia.
be the bravest of the group, as she was the first to come over and eat from my hand
What makes (or breaks) a coral’s ability to survive rising sea temperatures? It’s a puzzling predicament, and scientists are hoping coral nurseries can help crack the code.
Most are small enough to easily fit in the palm of my hand.
Poison frogs living in human care aren’t poisonous, thanks to a “detox” diet of mild insects, like crickets and fruit flies. Can adding alkaloids to a frog’s diet help it regain its toxins and get its “spice” back?
Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project, we need to have live prey on hand
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.
study provides context and helps synthesize hundreds of thousands of hours of first-hand
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 of age.
