Smithsonian National Zoo

A species once feared lost forever is slowly finding its way back across the American plains. In 1986,…

Eastern box turtle (Image Credit: Canva) Finding a turtle nest in the wild is far more difficult than…

Image: The Washington Post When Asian elephant calf Linh Mai was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in…

Adding a new baby is always an exciting time for a growing family. The older kids are typically…

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the Conservation Biology Institute announced on Monday that 12-year-old Asian elephant Nhi Linh…

In 1986, only 18 black-footed ferrets were known to survive; a captive-breeding programme built from those animals has helped restore about 400 to the wild