Colombian artists transform Pablo Escobar’s hippos and excesses into art

Colombian photographer Édgar Jiménez is showcasing his portrait of two hippos brought to Colombia by Pablo Escobar in the ...

'Lights On': Nighttime art experience shines the spotlight on endangered species at Brevard Zoo

Illuminated paintings, glow-in-the-dark murals and virtual reality shine the spotlight on endangered species at Brevard Zoo's ...
Smithsonian Institution

Research Centers

The Smithsonian is one of the world’s foremost research centers in science, the arts, and the humanities. In addition to ...
Phys.org

TESS detects two new Jupiter-sized exoplanets orbiting dwarf stars

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and elsewhere, have discovered two new exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars. The ...
The New York Times

Bear Breaks Into California Zoo to Mingle With Other Bears

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there. By Christine Hauser There have been plenty of children’s stories ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

This wildlife zoo in Wisconsin is in a legal dispute with its neighbors. What to know

A dispute between residents and a nearby wildlife zoo in Washington County has made its way to the courtroom. People who live near Shalom Wildlife Zoo are suing both the Town of Farmington and the zoo ...
NBC Washington

National Zoo, Air and Space Museum cancel Halloween events due to government shutdown

The National Zoo and National Air and Space Museum called off their popular annual Halloween kids’ events, a disappointment for many D.C.-area families as the government shutdown hit two weeks with no ...
The Hill

Smithsonian museums, National Zoo close temporarily amid shutdown

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo officially shut down to the public Sunday due to the government shutdown, which is on Day 13. The Smithsonian announced Friday on the social platform X that ...
The Hill

San Diego Zoo gorilla breaks glass of enclosure

SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — At the San Diego Zoo, a 10-year-old western lowland gorilla broke a layer of protective glass in its enclosure on Saturday, zoo officials confirmed. According to a statement ...
NBC Washington

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo temporarily closed amid government shutdown

The Smithsonian Institution museums and the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have temporarily closed due to the government shutdown. Because the museums and the zoo are part of the ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Five rhinos arrive at Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Five southern white rhinos have officially arrived to the St. Louis Zoo WildCare Park in north St. Louis County, marking the park’s first rhino herd. The rhinos arrived in ...
Scientific American

After 30 Years of Discovery, These Are Astronomers’ Top Five Exoplanetary Systems

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The Nobel-winning discovery, later published in the pages of Nature, ...