Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, ...

Brandie Smith is the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

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Two experienced hikers were rescued after an hourslong ordeal in which they became stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout ...

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Newly unsealed documents give one of the most detailed views yet of the evidence gathered on the accused 9/11 mastermind ...

Roy Chebaclo, a forward on Cal’s ice hockey team, attended his first frat party the night before Saturday’s game at Oregon, ...

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Visitors take pictures of male giant panda Bao Li in his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Friday. ANNA MONEYMAKER/AFP They are "as iconic as the Washington Monument", ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence, has moved a step closer to Senate ...

The Oregon Zoo in Portland has welcomed a new baby elephant. Thirty-year-old Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth at the zoo ...