There’s nothing tiny about a baby giraffe. Standing about six feet tall and weighing around 150 pounds at birth, a newborn ...

President Grover Cleveland officially signed an act of Congress into law creating the National Zoological Park in 1889 for ...

Experts say the "special arrival" marks a major conservation milestone for one of the world’s most threatened marsupials.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A giraffe born at a South Carolina zoo has died following a “tragic accident,” according to officials. Kiko became the first giraffe born at the Greenville Zoo in Greenville, ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to more than 2,200 animals across its campuses in D.C. and Virginia. The zoo was the first in the United States to hire a ...

A trip to the Palm Beach Zoo is evolving. In the coming months, the zoo will no longer be only a place for daytime excursions with the kids, but also a destination that fuses live music rare animal ...

A prominent Rhode Island Democrat was caught on camera belligerently chiding a cop and calling him a “d–k” during a wild DUI traffic stop where she ranted, “God forbid I was a black person, I’d be ...

A collection of short highlights from our year in conservation science work. Mike Bock Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary ...