Imagine standing at the edge of a vast landscape where the world’s rarest animals roam, hearing the distant roar of a lion ...

The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf. Its name starting with the letter Z will be ...

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from ...

The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It consists of 21 museums and the National Zoo. Eleven museums are located along the National Mall in ...

National Zoo Lovers Day, celebrated every April 8th, gives us a chance to celebrate the animals (and the people) that make zoos so special. Zoos offer more than just educational programs and ...

These are Asian small-clawed otters, at home in their streamside habitat at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Like their name suggests, Asian small-clawed otters have short nails that don’t ...

With 17 museums, a garden, the Archives of American Art, and a zoo, the Smithsonian is sprawling, eclectic, and in President Trump’s line of fire. His freshly minted executive order “Restoring ...

Nation & World): The Smithsonian Institution and the National Zoo belong to the people of the United States, and are free to all the public. They are funded by our taxpayer dollars. As such ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reshape the Smithsonian Institution by ... educational and research centres, and the National Zoo. The order suggested the potential ...