The Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating Earth Day with flair this year. Asian elephant calf Linh Mai will make her public debut at the zoo on April 22, appearing ...

Linh Mai, the first elephant born at the zoo in 25 years, will appear before the general public on April 22.

Today's the big day! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are making their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of ...

In a novel move, feces from a baby elephant in Ohio were shipped to the zoo and mixed with Linh Mai’s formula.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Nearly a year after pandas left National Zoo, staff members and people in D.C. and across the DMV welcomed two giant pandas from China back to the nation’s capital. Bao Li ...

WASHINGTON — We don't mean to cause panda-monium but we have big news—The giant pandas will return to the District. The zoo will once again be home to two giant pandas named Qing Bao (ching-BOW) and ...

The Smithsonian museums and National Zoo are set to reopen within days after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history comes to an end. The National Museum of American History, the National Air ...