The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) broke ...

Zoinks—it's Qing Bao's 5th birthday! To celebrate our female giant panda's special day, keepers went "far out" and created a ...

This species of “rock iguana” can exceed 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length (nose to tail tip) and can weigh more than 25 pounds (11 kilograms). These heavy-bodied lizards are the Grand Cayman’s largest ...

Adult members of this species can be identified by their gray heads, chestnut-colored back and chest, black undersides, and brown-and-black wings with a white stripe. They also have long, pink legs ...

Small and slender, the yellow-headed day gecko lives up to its name with a bright greenish-yellow head. It also has turquoise-blue stripes that run along its back and a pair of black stripes that run ...

The banded rock rattlesnake is a venomous species. It is light gray with dark, gray-black bands along the length of its body. This species is sexually dichromatic, meaning males and females differ in ...

Fall/winter Zoo hours are in effect: 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. daily, with last entry at 3 p.m. View Zoo hours.

There's a certain magic to a fall visit to the Zoo. Crisp air, crunchy leaves, and (if we're being honest) a lack of humidity ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s giant panda, Qing Bao (ching-BOW), will celebrate her 5th ...

There are plenty of objects and artifacts at the Smithsonian that are old. But at the National Zoo, there's not much older ...

Nearly seven months ago, the world fell in love with a little Asian elephant named Linh Mai. After being rejected by her mother and needing nutritional assistance, the calf made an extraordinary ...

Carnivore keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Front Royal, Virginia, conservation campus are celebrating the births of three red panda cubs, born earlier this summer. “The cubs are really just ...