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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.
‘Fuzzy watermelon’-looking endangered baby animal named after another fruit, WA zoo says
A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...
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 ...
Creature that looks like ‘walking watermelon’ born at WA zoo. See the ‘little miracle’
An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and ...
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Creature that looks like ‘walking watermelon’ born at WA zoo. See the ‘little miracle’
An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo ...