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Andean bear cub update: Andean Bear Cub Update: Mom Knows Best Introduction to Striped skunks (arrived October 2022): New at the Zoo: Meet Our Skunk Brothers

I noticed no one's posted a review of the Smithsonian's new Claws and Paws Pathway, which I just found out about and then visited today. So, here goes (trying to be as complete as possible since I plan on deleting this account later to avoid distractions): North American Porcupine: This...

Inspired by an off-topic discussion in the Smithsonian National Zoo News 2021 thread, this well-themed African-themed exhibit is a speculative redevelopment of the current Cheetah Conservation Station exhibit that will take you on a journey across the savannas and highlands of Ethiopia…

The zoo and the Smithsonian museums will be operating on a modified schedule from January 5th - 17th because of another surge in COVID-19 cases. The zoo will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday and will be open from 8 AM to 3 PM on all other days. Smithsonian Announces Modified Schedule for...

This is my first top list on zoo chat. I have only been to 5 different zoos (Tampa, Indy, Cincinnati, Louisville, Smithsonian) so this list only contains exhibits at zoos I have been to and let me know what are your favorite exhibits. 1. Oceans at the Indianapolis Zoo Now this is probably the...

The Smithsonian NZP's Asian elephant Ambika was euthanized yesterday at 72. She was the third-oldest elephant in North America. Ambika came to the zoo from India in 1961, the same year I came into this world. Many might not know that she went on a tour around the US before finally settling...

I've just moved to DC from India, and was looking into the First Day Hike program at Mason Neck State Park in Virginia for Jan 1st. It started because I don't really have anything planned for NYE or New Year's Day (after being used to usually spending it in my hometown with friends), so I was...

Tian Tian, Giant Panda, Smithsonian National Zoo, 10/20/19

Spike, 37, Asian Elephant, Smithsonian National Zoo, July 2018

Spike, 37, Asian Elephant

Spike, 37, Asian Elephant, Smithsonian National Zoo, August 2018

Shanthi, 44, Asian elephant, Smithsonian National Zoo

Sloth Vlad with baby Golden Lion Tamarin Carolina resting on his tummy, Sloth Day 2019, Smithsonian National Zoo

Ambika, 71, Asian elephant, Smithsonian National Zoo

Does anyone know what is going on with the Asian Small-Clawed Otters? I have not seen them on exhibit for at least a week and one of their feedings got cancelled.

I’d like to invite you to join me Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. at the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library in Washington, D.C. as I talk about my book Raising America’s Zoo: How Two Wild Gorillas Helped Transform the National Zoo. This unique story shares the heartbreaks and triumphs of the...

In 1955 my father-in-law Nick Arundel brought a pair of gorillas from Africa on a commercial flight to America and donated them to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. It was the beginning of dramatic changes for the gorillas and for the zoo that would evolve from an antiquated animal park to an...