For residents of Washington, D.C., the giant pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are built into the city's identity. The bears have been living at the zoo for ...

At the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, staff present giant panda Qing Bao with a cake and presents for her fourth birthday on Sept. 12, 2025. At the Smithsonian's National Zoo in ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo shut their doors Sunday as the government shutdown enters its third week, the Smithsonian Institution posted on its website. The Smithsonian Institute’s 19 ...

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will close to the public starting Sunday if the federal government shutdown continues, another visible sign of how the budget impasse in Congress is beginning ...

The National Zoo’s annual event, Boo at the Zoo, has a new meaning this year. It took until day 11 of the federal government shutdown before the Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo in D.C. had to ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, leaving behind twins born during a 13-year stay intended to ...