More than 1,800 animals reside at the Smithsonian's 163-acre National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, from Asian elephants to cheetahs to sea lions. Look up every now and then as you stroll ...

Mike Bock Male Andean bear Quito (above) has fathered two cubs at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Zoos use a modern approach for matchmaking with the goal of ...

WASHINGTON — Three-year-old panda bears Bao Li and Qing Bao made their official public debut Friday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to great fanfare from the ...