The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old, is Thailand’s biggest celebrity, and the crowds keep flocking. What explains her charm?

Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name. The 71-year-old retiree starts each morning this way with a ...

Toco, a Japanese man known for his $14,000 hyper-realistic collie costume, is inviting others to experience life as animals ...

"In the afternoon is usually when we find time to do project such as building enrichment for the animals or we'll walk around and interact with ... "I want to see this zoo thrive. I've loved it here.

Marta Diaz, 32, flew from Puerto Rico so she could walk through the gates of ... trying to get a better view over other people at the railing. The National Zoo and its pandas occupy a special ...

The wait is over! The Smithsonian National Zoo's newest giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are set to make their public debut ...

The language zoo keepers use when talking about the animals is carefully curated as well to allow visitors to grow deeper connections with the animals. "When we're really intentional with how we use ...

The furry animals are set to make their public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Friday, Jan. 24 Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined ...

Best known for Kill Bill, Charlie’s Angels, and seven seasons of Elementary, Liu leads a small cast in Presence, the prolific ...

Opened on January 26, 2025, the Tocotoco Zoo does not feature lions, pandas ... “I Want To Be An Animal,” which quickly blew up. His first public dog walk went viral, raking in millions of views. Half ...

“I don’t like the sound of people eating,” Lally said. “But I really miss the sound of a panda crunching on a carrot.” That sound had been absent from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

Most visitors will want to enter and exit through the zoo's main gates on Connecticut Avenue NW. To avoid walking uphill to and from Metro, we recommend starting your zoo trip by getting off at ...