A small bird with a loud song, the ovenbird is a migratory songbird that passes through much of North America in the spring and fall.
They have white underparts with black streaks on the chest, similar to the wood thrush
The Smallwood’s anole is a green lizard with blue spots. It is native to Cuba, where it spends time hunting the trees for insects, grubs and frogs.
They are typically deep-green and may have blue spots.
Red-rumped agoutis are members of the rodent family similar in appearance to Guinea pigs, but larger and with longer legs. Endemic to South America, they are the only mammals within their native range able to open the husk of a Brazil nut, which makes them vital to the region’s ecosystem.
Fact Sheet Conservation Physical Description Red-rumped agoutis have coarse
Black-tailed prairie dogs are one of five species, the others being Utah, Mexican, white-tailed and Gunnison’s prairie dogs. These social rodents are industrious diggers, excavating prairie dog towns, which are U-shaped with chambers connected by tunnels.
They have short ears and, compared to their body size, relatively large black eyes
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!
Adi and Guntur are quite a bit younger than Ronnie and Bradley—and they have a ton
Born: November 25, 2001 Sex: Male Weight:
Our team has expertise in moving elephants and have created a thoughtful plan based
Every spring, black-crowned night herons nest at the Zoo. Scientists are tracking these birds to unravel the mystery of where they spend the winter.
approximately 100 breeding pairs arrive at the Zoo in Washington, D.C., where they have
Learn about the program to teach schoolchildren about birds while connecting them with students from across the hemisphere.
Since 1993, close to 50,000 students in 11 countries in the Western Hemisphere have
The most abundant warbler in North America, the yellow-rumped warbler is an opportunistic omnivore that frequents balsam fir forests in the breeding grounds. Formerly two species, the myrtle warbler in the east and the Audubon warbler in the west, interbreed and hybridize. Ongoing genetic research may split them back into two species.
Lifespan They have an average lifespan of about seven years.
The combination of the Vietnamese mossy frog’s green body, black spots, tubercles and spines makes it look like a clump of moss, which it spends a large portion of its time pretending to be. Native to Vietnam, these frogs live in mossy caves and in the banks of rocky mountain streams.
These tree frogs have adhesive toe pads and can jump.
