The National Zoo officially announced this morning that DC’s native son, Tai Shan, is departing for China in early 2010. The exact dates of his trip have not been set, but final preparations are currently underway.
An agreement between China and the Zoo stipulates that giant panda cubs born here belong to China and must be sent to Sichuan when the cub reaches age 2. You may remember that Tai …
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Zoo Lights is a festive annual tradition held at the National Zoo for the holidays. The entire zoo is decorated with colorful lights in animals shapes. Part of the fun is just being in the Zoo at night when it is usually closed.
The event runs from December 4th through the 13th (Friday – Sunday nights) and December 18th through January 2nd (every night) from 6:00-8:30pm.
In addition to the exiting light displays, …
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The National Zoo’s resident hippo for 28 years stepped into his special traveling container Monday night and departed for his new home at the Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin.
For several months, the National Zoo prepared Happy the hippo for his journey by leaving the container in his enclosure and practicing entering and exiting the container. Late in the evening on Monday, September 28, Zoo staff carefully escorted Happy into the container …
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If you’ve ever visited the National Zoo, you’ve probably had an encounter with Happy the Nile hippopotamus. Happy lives in the elephant enclosure and thrills visitors simply by yawning or eating. Happy was born at the National Zoo and has resided there for 28 years.
The Zoo is in the middle of a multi-million dollar elephant enclosure renovation that will include a large elephant walking area. Unfortunately, to make room for the …
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Washington’s playful panda neighbor, Tai Shan, turns the big 4 today. Tai Shan is the first born son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian. When he was born he weighed just 1.82 pounds, but now comes in at 205.
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