What you may not notice is the dedicated team of Wildlife Health Science professionals who keep our animals healthy.

Chytridiomycosis, commonly known as chytrid, is caused by the microscopic fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

Known as the “gardener of the forest,” the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) plays a critical role in seed dispersal across ...

Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world ...

Night of the Living Zoo takes place along Olmsted Walk, the Zoo's main pedestrian pathway between the Connecticut Avenue entrance at the north end of the Zoo and the Harvard Street entrance at the ...

These frogs range in color from a light blue to emerald green or almost gray across their backs and milky white bellies. Females have white throats, and males have a grayish wrinkled vocal sac ...

The overall color is russet brown to black, and there are distinct spines on the third and fourth pair of legs. The tarantula's fangs fold under the body, meaning that it must strike downwards to ...

Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world ...

Watching the cubs? So are we. This live feed is the same used by our animal care staff to remotely monitor the cheetah family. The Cheetah Cub Cam takes you inside the den of Zura, a 5-year-old ...

As a leader in wildlife conservation, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has made significant strides towards securing a future for the world's rarest species of bear: ...

Giant pandas Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN), Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) and Xiao Qi Ji (SHIAU-chi-ji) began their journey to China this morning. They departed the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation ...

Long before it appeared next to the words “Join or Die,” the timber rattlesnake played a vital role in ecosystems—and in the cultures that lived alongside it. This article is part of America's ...