Check out the latest news and updates about cheetahs.
Plus, the cubs have some new neighbors, who are familiar faces to our cheetah fans
The new gal in town is inquisitive, a foodie and has a knack for shredding paper. Meet Acadia, a 2-year-old female bald eagle in this Q+A with American trail keepers Ashley Graham and Sam Milne!
At around age five, she will have a white head and tail, as adult eagles have.
Also known as the Iranian leopard gecko, Iranian fat-tailed geckos are lizards found in semi-desert, mountainous regions of northeastern Syria, northern Iraq, west-central Iran, and Turkey.
Iranian geckos also have long toes and spider-like legs that help them climb and
Alligator snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in the world. Their heavy heads, strong jaws, hooked beak and spiked shells give them a prehistoric appearance.
Alligator snapping turtles have long, narrow tongues equipped with an appendage that
Norway rats, also called brown rats, are foragers that can survive on a wide range of food, which has helped them successfully spread across the world.
Members of this species have been bred as pets to be white, black or brown.
The results have been extremely valuable in caring for lions both at the National
Tracking an animal’s weight is an important part of animal care, but gazelles are known to be flighty and nervous. So, how do keepers convince them to step onto a scale? Find out in this update from keeper Sarah Rezac.
Image: We have all seen the videos — a slender, long-limbed antelope lowers
A special delivery of cheetah milk recently arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s milk bank (the largest milk repository in the world). Find out what researchers hope to learn from this unique milk sample.
Izzy was also raised by keepers, and they have spent years training her to voluntarily
We’ve answered some of the most-searched questions about ostriches to get you better acquainted with these big, flightless birds.
Scientists have seen ostriches run continuously at speeds of 30-37 mph and sprint
After a potentially deadly injury, one endangered wild horse got a new lease on life thanks to the Smithsonian’s veterinary team.
than their domestic cousins, a factor ungulate curator Dolores Reed believes may have
