Get the answers to frequently asked questions about giant panda Bei Bei’s departure from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
Although Bei Bei’s current keepers speak to him in English, during training they use hand
Read on for some of the most frequently asked questions about Bao Bao’s departure.
Although Bao Bao’s current keepers speak to her in English, during training they use hand
Get the answers to your most internet-searched questions about orangutans.
suited for life in the trees, where they climb, walk, tree sway and brachiate (swing hand
Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
help of a dedicated group of biologists, keepers, veterinarians and nutritionists, hand-reared
January 24 and March 2 mark our African lion cubs first birthdays! Animal keepers Kristen Clark and Rebecca Stites reveal what’s new with the cubs in the latest Q&A!
This also helps us determine who is likely to tolerate a hand-injected anesthetic
How do you monitor disease in Asian elephants? By building their trust and teaching them to voluntarily participate in medical exams! Get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into caring for our herd.
During a trunk wash, we ask an elephant to present their trunk to our hand.
Behind the scenes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, the sweet tweets of chirping chicks are music to the Bird House team’s ears. While their homestead exhibit is under renovation, the team has been busy researching, perfecting and literally writing the book of North American songbird and shorebird husbandry. The result? A bird baby boom—34 chicks among 11 species, and counting! Hear from curator Sara Hallager and keepers Heather Anderson, Stacy Hill, Kathy Brader and Shelby Burns why summer 2020 truly is for the birds.
Our female was hand raised by keepers; she was thrown out of her mother’s nest at
By Stephen Schulze, Keeper at the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House
June 26, 2015 Kori Bustard Chick Q&A Bird House curator Sara Hallager has hand-raised
Two-year-old Stanley crane Alice seems to enjoy participating in daily demonstrations with keepers and Zoo visitors. But how does she really feel about these interactions?
Her parents would reject her if we put her in their enclosure, so hand-raising Alice
In honor of National Zookeeper Week, we’re recognizing some of the dedicated professionals who go above and beyond for the animals in our care!
paired a sound cue to signal when Howie would be offered his diet for the day and hand-fed
