When the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Gave Its Animals Musical Instruments
Zoos are responsible for more than keeping enclosures clean and animals well-fed. Tending to their residents’ mental health is just as important. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo took a creative ...
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Controversy Erupts Over Alleged Tree Cutting at Delhi Zoo
The Delhi government's forest department is probing allegations of tree uprooting at the city zoo. Although zoo director ...
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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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National Zoo mourns death of 33-year-old gray seal Gunther
(Connor Mallon, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The Smithsonian National Zoo has lost one of its beloved gray seals. Gunther, a 33-year-old gray seal who had been ...