More than 1,800 animals reside at the Smithsonian's 163-acre National Zoo & Conservation Biology ... head over to the Amazonia exhibit, home to creatures like titi monkeys and multiple frog ...

Mike Bock Visitors can get up close to arapaima at the Smithsonian National Zoo's Amazonia exhibit. Reaching up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and weighing 440 pounds (200 kilograms), arapaima are ...

Asian elephant Kamala often raised her trunk to greet keepers in anticipation of receiving food. Credit: Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Photos are ...

WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian National Zoo kicked off the holiday season with ZooLights on Friday. The holiday light exhibit features glowing lantern animals and displays throughout the zoo grounds.

For the first time in more than two decades, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is welcoming two new giant pandas to Washington, D.C. The pair just arrived today ...

An Asian elephant that had lived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for 10 years and suffered from osteoarthritis was euthanized there Friday after her condition “had irreversibly declined ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The holiday season is here and Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian’s National Zoo will recast into a winter wonderland for its ZooLights display. On Nov. 22 ...