Meet Adi and Guntur, our two new siamangs at Gibbon Ridge! Over the past year, it has been really fun getting to know their personality quirks and watching their bond with each other grow. Let’s explore a day in their life!
Using a combination of vocal cues and hand signals, we can ask our siamangs to move
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
We are sad to share that Daisy, our 13-year-old fennec fox, died Oct. 6.
limited success raising kits on her own, Small Mammal House keepers stepped in to hand-raise
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
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
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
Leap into learning what it takes to care for some of the frogs found at Smithsonian’s National Zoo from Matt Evans, assistant curator of the Reptile Discovery Center.
Red-eyed tree frogs, on the other hand, are quite tolerant of environmental changes
Meet the four clouded leopards who call the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute home. Pounce from Washington D.C. with Asia Trail keepers Kaitlyn Adkins and Jenny Spotten, to Front Royal, Virginia with animal keeper Jessica Kordell to learn more about these cool cats.
Because she was hand-raised by people, she prefers attention as a reward instead!
Meet our moo-velous cattle: Holstein Magnolia (a.k.a. Maggie) and Hereford Willow! These charming cows are also incredibly intelligent—they have learned medical behaviors that enable our animal care team to closely monitor their health.
given training session, we use a combination of verbal cues, training tools and hand
From whiskers to flippers and a penchant for fish, seals and sea lions have a lot in common. So how can you tell these pinnipeds apart?
Seals, on the other hand, build speed with their rear flippers and by moving their
