Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo has lost one of its beloved gray seals. Gunther, a 33-year-old gray seal who had been with the Zoo since 2012, died Jan. 18. In a release, the Zoo said the average life ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed its newest addition, a baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian ...

The City of Portland has approved a land use statement for Zenith Energy despite an attempt by city councilors to delay the move last week. After a week of baby watch, Oregon Zoo’s beloved Asian ...

Guyana is this  year spending GY$2 billion on a complete overhaul and expansion of the Zoological Park in the Botanical Gardens, Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira said Monday during ...

Even with a new administration only a few days old, Washington's newest stars from China stole the spotlight on Friday when a ...

Everyone will finally be able to experience D.C.’s ‘pandamonium’ on Friday as the public will get their first glimpse of the ...

The general public gets its first glimpse Friday of Qing Bao and Bao Li, the National Zoo’s newest giant pandas.

WASHINGTON — Giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to ...

a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering ...

After more than a year without their popular giant pandas, the Smithsonian's National Zoo is set to debut its two latest black-and-white bears to the enamored masses on Friday. Panda fans will be ...