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How Are Animals Paired at the National Zoo?
Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...
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Maned Wolf Program at the National Zoo’s Research Campus Welcomes Three Pups
The three baby wolves were born this winter at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal ...
Elderly dragon dies at the National Zoo
The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.
National Zoo mourns death of 33-year-old gray seal Gunther
The Smithsonian National Zoo has lost one of its beloved gray seals. Gunther, a 33-year-old gray seal who had been with the Zoo since 2012, died Jan. 18. In a release, the Zoo said the average life ...