Smithsonian's National Zoo

Male bird at Smithsonian's National Zoo has special reason to celebrate Father's Day

harminka — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:29:13 -0500

How will the only male rhea at the Smithsonian's National Zoo spend Father's Day? He will spend it much like he has spent the past eight weeks: as a proud papa nurturing and caring for his four chicks born April 20. This is the first time in some 30 years that rhea chicks have hatched at the Zoo.

North Island brown kiwi hatches at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

harminka — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:25:22 -0500

Early Friday morning, March 7, one of the world’s most endangered species—a North Island brown kiwi—hatched at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo Bird House.

Science, not romance, controls mating at Smithsonian's National Zoo

harminka — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:46:15 -0600

This Valentine’s Day, Cupid won’t be making a stop at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Unlike the spontaneous attraction that most humans equate with love and romance, mating and dating at the National Zoo is planned, strategic and science-based—quite an unromantic encounter.

Crane hatching marks a first for Smithsonian's National Zoo

harminka — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:43:08 -0500

Smithsonian's National Zoo has announced a first in its 118-year history -- the hatching of a rare wattled crane chick.