Have you ever taken a close look at a giraffe's tongue?The long tongue used to grab leaves is black or purplish in color. That color is thought to play a role in protecting the tongue from strong ...

The zoo is offering private tours that take visitors behind the scenes with Aurora and Ember. Sarah Kriebel, the area manager ...

Witness an adorable Red Panda resting among lush green plants and moss-covered rocks. With its reddish-brown fur, distinctive ...

During his recent visit to Washington, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China would send a breeding pair of giant pandas to Z ...

Learn how to help name a red panda cub born this summer and how keepers prepared for her arrival.

A female red panda cub is weighed at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo facility in Front Royal, Virginia. She was born in June ...

Red pandas have long bushy tails, slightly larger than a domestic cat, spend most of their time up in trees, and are endangered. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is ...

A red panda cub born this summer needs a name. The Smithsonian National Zoo has three options, and the public can vote ...

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Seoul Grand Park will introduce its twin red panda cubs, Maru and Marong, to visitors beginning October 14, marking the first ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo needs help naming its newest arrival, a female red panda cub. The cub was born in June to parents Keahi and Rocket at the zoo's conservation campus in Front ...

Pabu the red panda cub was born June 24 to parents Ponya and Pilot and marks the first birth ever of the endangered species ...