When the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Gave Its Animals Musical Instruments
Zoos are responsible for more than keeping enclosures clean and animals well-fed. Tending to their residents’ mental health is just as important. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo took a creative ...
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Controversy Erupts Over Alleged Tree Cutting at Delhi Zoo
The Delhi government's forest department is probing allegations of tree uprooting at the city zoo. Although zoo director ...
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How Are Animals Paired at the National Zoo?
Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...
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National Zoo mourns death of 33-year-old gray seal Gunther
(Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The Smithsonian National Zoo has lost one of its beloved gray seals. Gunther, a 33-year-old gray seal who had been ...
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Maned Wolf Program at the National Zoo’s Research Campus Welcomes Three Pups
The three baby wolves were born this winter at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal, Virginia. Mike Bock Maned wolf Elliana (above) gave birth to one of the ...