A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington ...

Victor Wembanyama had 31 points and 15 rebounds to help the San Antonio Spurs hold off the Washington Wizards 131-121.

In the first three weeks of his administration, President Donald Trump has moved with brazen haste to dismantle the federal ...

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

Smith declared the zoo the "District of Panda" to emphasize the integral role these animals play in Washington's culture. The zoo will host a series of special events through Feb 9, including a ...

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

It's always so joyous and exciting when an endangered animal is born, and nothing could be cuter than the one born on Sunday, ...

It’s the second time a tapir, rare and endangered, has been born at the zoo since it opened 120 years ago, zoo officials said ...

An endangered Malayan tapir calf was born at a zoo in Washington. The rare animal was welcomed at Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium on February 2, marking only the second tapir birth in the zoo's ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and ...

Starting Thursday, zoo visitors will have the chance to catch a glimpse of the animals known as nature’s “clean-up crew” as ...

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to ...