How are the giant pandas spending their first summer in Washington, D.C.? And what’s changed since they arrived nine months ...

Enrichment activities are vital for all captive animals, be they pets or wild animals, and this experiment was a great example.

WASHINGTON — D.C.'s National Zoo is once again preparing for pandamonium Monday, as one of the giant pandas celebrates their ...

Nick’s bark, however, has been silenced. The magnificent sea lion died Thursday while living at the Smithsonian’s National ...

The fungus attacks the amphibians’ permeable skin and makes it difficult for them to breathe and regulate their salt and ...

Today, Bao Li, the giant male panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, turned four. It marks his first birthday since ...

WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is celebrating giant panda Bao Li, who turns four Monday. Zoo visitors are ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao, the respective male and female giant pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., have been caught flirting on camera — according to their "bleats," "chirps" and repeated ...

The National Zoo’s pygmy hippo Hannah is with one of her babies, around 1929. Although we don't know the name of this particular baby, between 1938 and 1956, all the pygmy hippos born at the zoo ...

Bao Li, one of two of the District's beloved giant pandas, celebrated his fourth birthday Monday morning with a "beary" ...