About the size of a half-dollar, the tiny painted river terrapin hatchling - a critically endangered species - at the ...

President Grover Cleveland officially signed an act of Congress into law creating the National Zoological Park in 1889 for ...

The zoo's partnership with Saudi Arabia's Royal Commission aims to create a conservation program similar to the zoo's ...

Talk about ending the year on a high note.The Smithsonian’s National Zoo closed out 2025 with a rare double dose of good news ...

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, recently celebrated the birth of two ...

Sloth bears are an omnivorous species of bears, native to the Indian subcontinent. They can be recognized by their shaggy ...

For the first time since 2014, keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) have ...

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a ...

Young men passed around a booming speaker and girls laughed while dancing. Kids raced through the parking lot on Lime bikes, dodging potholes. Maciah King-Brooks, 16, grabbed two hot dogs off the ...

The image is so familiar that it often goes unnoticed: the powdered hair, the ruffled shirt, the stoic smile. George Washington’s rendering on the $1 bill may be the most widely distributed portrait ...

After heavy rains swelled rivers and flooded neighborhoods in northern Washington, residents returned to soggy homes caked in mud. Many tried to salvage what they could. By Drew AtkinsOrlando ...

More than 100,000 residents were told to leave their homes across Washington State this week as rivers overflowed. In photos and Videos More than 100,000 residents were told to leave their homes ...