Meet the Kids at the Zoo
They're young, curious and feisty - meet the wild animal babies of the National Zoo.
By Produced by Smithsonian Channel

Working With Orangutans
What makes human and orangutan brains different? Researchers at the National Zoo hope to find out by playing customized computer games with the savvy primates
By Produced by Meredith Bragg

Meet the Elephants
Keepers and pachyderms alike are enjoying the new Asian elephant exhibit, Elephant Trails, at the National Zoo
By Ryan R. Reed, Jess Righthand

Farewell, Tai Shan
Visitors to the National Zoo have enjoyed watching their baby panda grow up over the last four years
By Abby Callard

Feeding the Leopards
Caretakers feed the new baby clouded leopards at the Zoo's research facility in Virginia
By Video courtesy of The National Zoo

Newborn Elephant Shrew Caught on Film
On February 26, 2009, a new baby elephant-shrew was born at the Zoo’s Small Mammal House
By National Zoological Park

Smithsonian National Zoo Doctor
Watch Dr. Suzan Murray perform her morning rounds
By Kenneth R. Fletcher

Love at First Site for Two Red Pandas
Tate and Sharma, two red pandas at the National Zoo, began breeding seconds after being introduced
By Smithsonian National Zoo

The Whistling Orangutan
Bonnie, the subject of a recently published paper, is the Smithsonian National Zoo’s famous whistling orangutan
By Smithsonian National Zoo

Tackling Obesity at the National Zoo
After arriving at the zoo obese, Nikki the Bear was put on a strict diet by the zoo nutritionists with great results
By Ryan R. Reed