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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You’ve heard all about the baby boom happening at the National Zoo. Baby anteaters, elephant shrews, clouded leopards and lowland gorillas have greatly increased the cute quotient in recent weeks.
Many of these babies are threatened species and now the Zoo has an amazing chance to study their behaviors from birth through maturity. The result of these observations will be greater protection for their wild brethren.
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Did you hear that 2007 was the biggest year for births in America ever? The Octomom is doing her part to make 2009 a record-breaker. Meanwhile, at the National Zoo, a mini baby boom is occurring across many species.
Back in January, the National Zoo announced the arrival of a Western Lowland Gorilla Baby. This is the sixth baby gorilla for mother Mandara and the seventh successful gorilla birth at …
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