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Smithsonian’s National Zoo to announce gift to fund panda pr...

The National Zoo is preparing to announce a major gift that will fund its giant panda program for five more years. Zoo scientists on Monday also will announce their 2012 breeding plan for Washington’s pandas with China’s ambas [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

National Zoo employee found guilty of attempted animal cruel...

When Michael Vick was facing animal cruelty charges four years ago, the star quarterback called on local defense lawyer Billy Martin for help. When a National Zoo employee was charged with trying to poison stray cats around her Northwest [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Elephant At National Zoo Can Solve Problems

Over in the Zoo's elephant house, Kandula is busy bowing and curtsying to a trainer's commands. Don Moore, associate director for animal care sciences at the zoo, says these daily exercises keep elephants' limbs loose and thei [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Elephants show smarts at National Zoo

The Post's Brian Vastag reports on how the National Zoo's youngest elephant is showing researchers just how thoughtful the animals can be.

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids’ Farm at National Zoo could be spared

A few months ago, it looked as if Tulip, Lucy and other four legged residents of the Kids’ Farm at the National Zoo might be looking for a new home. Zoo officials announced last winter that the barnyard exhibit would be shuttered &m [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

National Zoo again watches and waits, hoping for a baby pand...

The National Zoo has entered the height of its annual panda pregnancy watch, in which teams of zoo pandaphiles keep a 24-hour-a-day vigil to see whether the female giant panda, Mei Xiang, might give birth to a cub.Mei’s reproduction [...]

Posted On : Jun, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

National Zoo adds new female tiger from San Diego, plans to ...

The National Zoo has added a new 2½-year-old Sumatran tiger from the San Diego Safari Park to help diversify the population of the endangered cats. The zoo said Wednesday that the female named Damai left quarantine an [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Teen stabbed at National Zoo during Easter celebration

A teenage boy was stabbed multiple times at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Monday afternoon during a packed traditional Easter celebration for African American families, officials said. Authorities received numerous calls about fig [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

National Zoo unveils new fishing cat

A new jungle cat is getting comfy in his new digs at the National Zoo. Lek, a one-year-old fishing cat, is now on display in Asia Trail exhibit at the zoo. He is expected to soon breed with Electra, the zoo's six-year-old female fish [...]

Posted On : Feb, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Eagle Dies at National Zoo

One of the National Zoo’s bald eagles has passed away after medical complications. Zoo officials said they found Sam, an elderly female eagle, lying in her exhibit a couple days before New Year’s Eve. She was transported to t [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

China grants National Zoo extension of pandas' lease

The National Zoo said Wednesday that China has granted an extension of its lease of Washington's two giant pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, while details of a new agreement are worked out. Zoo Director Dennis W. Kelly was in China la [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

3 cheetahs return to the National Zoo

Three male cheetahs are returning to their home at the National Zoo after spending time in Front Royal at the Zoo's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, officials announced Friday. Draco, Granger and Zabini, who were born in 2 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

At National Zoo, red panda cub is born and agave plant flowe...

A red panda cub, the first in 15 years, has been born at the National Zoo. There are fewer than 2,500 red pandas left in the wild, but the endangered species is actively bred in zoos. Mom is 2-year-old Shama and has been very attentive t [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

National Zoo - Rare oryx, extinct in wild, born

The National Zoo says a scimitar-horned oryx has been born at its conservation center in Virginia - the zoo's first such birth in 13 years. Oryx are extinct in the wild. They are known for their curved horns that can be several feet [...]