The National Zoo’s Giant Pandas Are Finally Making Their Public Debut Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 3 years old, are the latest black-and-white bears to call the nation’s capital home January 24, 2025 Exceptionally Well-Preserved Gold Ring Featuring ‘Venus the Victorious’ Unearthed on Ancien...
The Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed another member into the fold June 15, when the 50th Kori Bustard chick hatched in the Bird House June 21, 2011 June 20-24 Events Post: Interactive Carts, ImaginAsia, Choctaw Days, Forensic Science, and Tarantulas ...
Coloured Nature films, specially taken at the London Zoo by Mr. Douglas Fisher, were exhibited. The commentary on the first two, dealing with snakes, lizards, newts, frogs and toads, was given by Dr. Malcolm Smith, and that on the third, concerning the behaviour of the tarsier, was ...
Smithsonian Journeys is celebrating its 45 years of offering small-group, escorted tours to travelers whose participation benefits the work of the Smithsonian’s nineteen museums, national zoo, and nine research centers. For more information on Smithsonian Tailor-Made Journeys by Audley Travel, c...
The Smithsonian said that the loss of Nefertiti, "a special animal that inspired so many imaginations," would be felt throughout the museum community. Though Nefertiti's exhibition at the Insect Zoo has ended, it will continue to live on at the Smithsonian. Its body will be added to the ...
"The Insect Zoo is one of our most popular exhibitions, and we are thrilled that having such a great educational space also gives us the opportunity to host a critter as special as this space-traveling spider," Kirk Johnson, the Sant Director of the National Museum of Natural History, said...
People from the Smithsonian believe a town in the Hudson Valley is one of the 15 best towns to visit in all of America. Enter your number to get our free mobile app Smithsonian Magazine recently named Goshen as one of the "15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2021."For...
Even as the museums and the National Zoo shuttering twice this year with the nation gripped by the Covid-19 pandemic, exhibitions like “Alexander Von Humboldt,” which saw visitors for only a disappointing few weeks at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, depended even more significantly on ...
Karen, who is fair-haired and delicate, came by her love of animals naturally: she was born on the outskirts of London to a veterinarian father and a mother who ran a children’s zoo. In 1975, she abandoned a career in journalism to train as a casino croupier, a trade that would all...
was overlooked is all the more remarkable because thousands of the animals live in the cloud forests of Colombia, dozens of their skulls and furs have been preserved in museum collections, and one individual olinguito actually lived in the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for a few years in the ...