Get ready for Valentine’s Day by learning how zoo matchmakers use science to “swipe right” for conservation. Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s ...

Playing music—or attempting to, at least—isn’t the only way zoo animals can express themselves. They’ve been known to dabble in the visual arts as well. Zoos across the country have provided their ...

Boo! at the Zoo runs October 3-30, 5:30-9 PM. (last entry at 8 PM) Cats will be at the exhibit Thursday through Sunday.

Several inches of snowfall kept the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute closed to visitors this week. But the animals and their caretakers still had a good time! Mike Bock ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Animals at Houston Zoo were treated to a rare frosty treat last week ...

Your guide to this week's Montgomery Ballet performance at the zoo featuring 'Carnival of the Animals' and more.

A premature pup is thriving thanks to round-the-clock care from the zoo's animal team.

The Potter Park Zoo’s "Boo at the Zoo” event returns Saturday.

The first “Boo at the Zoo” day is this Saturday, and the event runs Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 27.

Happy National Zookeeper Week! Join us in celebrating the dedicated professionals who care for animal ambassadors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Keepers are ...

On an early morning in June, wearing purple latex gloves, Chandlar Carlile stood with a sharpened knife slicing through papaya, honeydew, lettuce and an assortment of other produce inside a shiny ...