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
Smithsonian scientists, in collaboration with the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department, are embarking on a five-year swift fox reintroduction project to restore swift foxes to tribal lands and to help reestablish connectivity between disjointed swift fox populations.
the Fort Belknap Fish and Wildlife Department in Montana, Smithsonian scientists have
Flutter into how animal keeper Becca Zurlo cares for the iconic wood thrush—the official bird of Washington, D.C.—in the newly renovated Bird House!
It is estimated wood thrush populations have declined about 60% over the past 50
Snake-necked turtles look like creatures from fantasy—they’re a little weird and a little whimsical, but they’re beautiful, too. Last October, our Reptile Discovery Center team welcomed four snake-necked turtle hatchlings, the species’ first offspring at the Zoo in 9 years.
Often, I have to stand back and hide somewhere they cannot see me!
In a little over a week, our western lowland gorilla infant, Zahra, will be six months old! Overall, she is doing great and has recently started going on many little adventures.
We have seen Calaya reach into Zahra’s mouth and pull a hard-won piece of food out
Check out the latest news and updates about cheetahs.
Plus, the cubs have some new neighbors, who are familiar faces to our cheetah fans
Smithsonian scientists are investigating EEHV, a virus that impacts Asian elephants.
human and veterinary medicine, whole blood and concentrated blood-derived products have
Conservationists are establishing healthy amphibian populations in human care, called amphibian arks, for up to 2,000 species likely to go extinct in the next decade.
the world’s amphibians are in decline, and researchers believe that 122 species have
We want to let you know that for the immediate future all lion cub cams will be going offline. The good news is, when they come back online, we hope it’s to give you a look at new lion cubs! Shera’s due date is imminent, and our team is preparing for a new litter of cubs.
As we mentioned last week, Naba and her two cubs have access to several dens at the
A sloth bear cub and a seal pup by any other name would still be as sweet, but our keepers chose the perfect names for them. Our sloth bear cub is named Remi and our seal pup is named Rona!
Asia Trail keepers who have been hand-rearing our sloth bear cub chose the name Remi
