Happy national panda day! Here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Asia Trail exhibit, we are celebrating with giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, as well as our red panda pair, Asa and Jackie.
When we give Jackie the hand signal to “stand up,” we examine his belly for any lumps
Playing, foraging, training and snoozing—it’s all in a day in the life of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s western lowland gorilla troop!
Using verbal cues and hand signals, we ask our apes to present their body parts.
There’s no better way to celebrate World Gorilla Day than with our adorable animal ambassador, Zahra! Keeper Lynne McMahan shares some of her favorite moments in this Q+A.
Even when we try to hand her bits of food, Calaya swoops in and takes it first.
One of the exciting challenges Bird House keepers have had to tackle during construction is how to help our birds feel “at home” even though they are living in temporary housing. The solution: bring the outdoors indoors!
Our Stanley crane, Alice, was hand-raised by keepers and has a fondness for people
Long-billed curlew are shorebirds that spend their summers breeding in the grasslands of Montana. Smithsonian ecologists are equipping them with GPS trackers to learn more about their movements.
Image: With hand motions, they direct us left and right to make sure the net
In March and April, keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated the arrival of two male kiwi chicks! Get to know them in this update from the bird team.
Maori, on the other hand, is more relaxed in their presence.
Roads can be a dangerous challenge for terrestrial and arboreal wildlife. One scientist is trying to change that.
post-doctoral fellows and the conservation research they are supporting through first-hand
Take a look behind the scenes as animal care teams provide an endless bamboo buffet to the Zoo’s new giant pandas.
After chopping hundreds of pieces of bamboo by hand, the team will sort it, then
Swing along with primate keeper Emily Bricker as she shares her stories about caring for orangutans.
When Bonnie likes a keeper, she will hand them her brush and present the parts of
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!
too young to survive in the wild without her mother, so the decision was made to hand
