Learn about these tiny ecological powerhouses before you visit them at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. 1. There are billions of them. Eastern red-backed salamanders are the most common ...

More than 1,800 animals reside at the Smithsonian's 163-acre National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, from Asian elephants to cheetahs to sea lions. Look up every now and then as you stroll ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo has made the sorrowful announcement that Kamala, their esteemed elderly Asian elephant known for her spirited nature, was humanely euthanized last Friday after a ...

Staff said whenever keepers approached, she would rumble and squeak, which are behaviors that expressed her happiness and excitement. Kamala arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and ...

Robbie Clark, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ... loan from Canada's Calgary Zoo. There, they joined four other elephants in the Zoo's new Elephant House, redesigned to encourage ...

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.

John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, has had quite a few controversial political opinions over the years, to say the least, but her latest one has nearly everyone peeved. In a recent interview ...

WASHINGTON — Grab your bamboo snacks and get ready to swoon! The Smithsonian’s National Zoo just dropped the latest snapshots of their panda-tastic new residents, Bao Li and Qing Bao ...

WASHINGTON - An Asian elephant named Kamala had to be euthanized Friday, the Smithsonian National Zoo said over the weekend.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — After a decade of managing and treating a beloved member of its Asian elephant herd, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute announced that one of ...