WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — As a winter snowstorm inches closer to the DMV, closures are starting to roll in across the District. Ahead of the storm, in an announcement Saturday afternoon, officials ...

Asian elephant calf Linh Mai with "auntie" Swarna at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. (Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Zoo) A baby Asian elephant is expected to begin welcoming visitors to the ...

Linh Mai, the first elephant born at the zoo in 25 years, will appear before the general public on April 22.

After several days of snow closures, the Smithsonian museums and National Zoo will reopen on Wednesday. All 21 Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo closed prior to a snowstorm that blanketed the ...

WASHINGTON — After receiving nearly 135,000 votes on several names for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s baby panda, the results are in! Drum roll, please... Meet, ...

Today's the big day! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are making their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of ...

WASHINGTON — We don't mean to cause panda-monium but we have big news—The giant pandas will return to the District. The zoo will once again be home to two giant pandas named Qing Bao (ching-BOW) and ...

In a novel move, feces from a baby elephant in Ohio were shipped to the zoo and mixed with Linh Mai’s formula.

It’s a girl! An elephant gave birth at the National Zoo on Monday, February 2, marking the first time in almost 25 years the zoo has welcomed a baby Asian elephant. There’s an abundance of bad news in ...