The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the death of Murphy, the Komodo dragon who was a crowd-pleaser for nearly 25 years.

Whether you prefer to smell the roses or tiptoe through the tulips, we have a flower festival for you to celebrate spring.

The three baby wolves were born this winter at the Smithsonian National Zoo’s conservation and research campus in Front Royal ...

Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

THE FIRST ONE IS OBVIOUS HENRY DOORLY ZOO NOMINATED FOR BEST IN FOUR CATEGORIES. THE SECOND ONE MIGHT SURPRISE YOU. WAVERLE MONROE IS ON THE LIVE DESK. YEAH, I’D LIKE TO CALL OUT ONE OF OMAHA ...

Feel like dissing instead of kissing your former lover this Valentine’s Day? Think your ex is more like a rat than a prince?

Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic ...

Two four-year-old pandas made their debut Jan. 24 at the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, marking ...

Dolly was born in 1968 in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park in South Africa. She was one of the first white rhinos at the Knoxville zoo, where she had lived since 1976.

MELBOURNE, Fla. — The Brevard Zoo is one of 20 nationally to be nominated for the best in the United States by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice awards. This marks the sixth year in a row ...

Saint Louis Zoo is in the running for the title of America’s “Best Zoo” as part of a national poll conducted by USA TODAY.

A lioness died in the Belagavi zoo on Thursday. Nirupama, the lioness, was 15 years old. She died due to multi-organ failure and advancing age, officers of the Kittur Channamma Zoo at ...