(CNN) – Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of ...

An East African crowned crane that escaped from a Washington state zoo was found days after being on the lam, strolling on the town streets, and hanging with a group of "blue herons," officials said.

The National Zoo in Washington will continue to require advance online passes for entry indefinitely, officials said Wednesday. The popular site, on Connecticut Avenue in Northwest, introduced its ...

A n East African crowned crane that escaped from a Washington state zoo was found days after being on the lam, strolling on the town streets, and hanging with a group of "blue herons," officials said.

Xiao Qi Ji, the youngest panda at the National Zoo, feeds on an oak tree on May 20, a day before the zoo reopened to the public after being closed for several months during the coronavirus pandemic.

WASHINGTON – Panda-monium has returned to the nation's capital. After more than a year without their popular giant pandas, the Smithsonian's National Zoo is set to debut its two latest black-and ...

Staff members at the Woodland Park Zoo in Washington said they have exhausted all options for the baby western lowland gorilla rejected by his mother in June. Now, the little one will go to a new ...

Baby gorilla rejected by mom at Washington zoo. Now a ‘critical decision’ is made By Julia Daye. August 13, 2024 3:19 PM.

The National Zoo’s pandas have everything — and nothing — to do with Washington. The black-and-white giants are not indigenous to the mid-Atlantic.