All anteaters, including tamanduas, belong to the suborder Vermilingua, meaning “worm-tongue”.
Thanks to all of our Cheetah Cub Cam viewers who wrote or commented about the coughing cheetah cub.
It appears the best times to catch the cubs on the Cheetah Cub Cam is in the evenings.
In recent months we have introduced our new education and program managers to you, Domonique Spear and Maren Orchard.
This new enclosed den is exactly the same as the den she and the cubs were spending time in previously.
Even though many kinds of birds breed on prairie dog towns, we know surprisingly little about nest success within this unique habitat.
She has been staring me down with an insect-laden bill for nearly a minute, making noisy alarm calls.
Due to Lilo’s poor prognosis and declining quality of life, the animal care team made the decision to humanely euthanize her.
Smith succeeds Steven Monfort, who was the John and Adrienne Mars Director until May 2021.
While Rosalie was eating her breakfast Sunday morning, we weighed each cub and refreshed the shave marks.
Siamangs can be taught almost all of the same husbandry behaviors as our western lowland gorillas and orangutans.
The amphibian chytrid fungus is a fungal pathogen that exclusively affects frogs. A frog maintains homeostasis using its skin.
Just like nutrition creates a basis for an all-around healthy life, being a zoo nutritionist is an all-around job.
Shrikes like to line the inside cup of their nest with fur, so I often ask my fellow SCBI keepers to contribute.
Cheetah Cub Cam viewers have the best chance of catching one of these moments in the morning after Rosalie comes back from eating breakfast.
Weigh-ins can help keepers understand if an animal is feeling OK or has access to too little or too much food.
The ferrets are loaded in the back of the van in kennels, similar to what you would transport your cat or small dog in.
These brown quail-sized birds with striped stomachs are native only to the island of Guam in the Philippine Sea.
A third-generation Washingtonian, Albert H. Small was born at Columbia Hospital for Women on October 15, 1925.
October has been a fun month for our 14-month-old giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, who explores his environment through sensory enrichment.
When Rosalie left the cubs to eat her breakfast, we had just enough time to quickly weigh each cub and shave a small bit of fur off.
Unlike other primates, such as monkeys, apes and humans, prosimians usually have large ears, a pointed snout and a long tail.
On Sunday, October 24, cheetah mom Rosalie moved her five cubs back into the den with a webcam.
Members of the Teacher Advisory Group advise DC History Center staff as we develop materials and initiatives to support school curricula.
We’ve also received notices from repositories themselves about additional resources, which we then add to the guide accordingly.
While it's tough to make out all five cubs in the photos, we did see all five and will continue to keep an eye on them as Rosalie allows.
We don’t know why Rosalie moved her cubs. It’s completely natural for cheetah moms to move their litters.
Rosalie's cubs are 1 week old today and there’s only good news to report: they’re adorable, fat and happy.
For the first time in 16 years, Smithsonian's National Zoo is celebrating the birth of golden-headed lion tamarin twins.
All lions and tigers are behaving, eating and drinking normally.
The Zoo’s legacy of conservation work extends beyond the public Zoo in Washington, D.C., to SCBI in Front Royal, Virginia.
It is important for cheetah cubs to learn species-appropriate behaviors and skills from their mothers and siblings.
While this is the end of our #CheetahCubdates on this cub, we are thrilled by the success of this foster pairing.
Most people can only get up-close to elephants at a zoo. Visitors learn the elephants’ names, personalities and stories.
Asian elephants currently live in 13 Asian countries; their natural habitat includes hilly terrain, mountain ranges and valleys.
To protect their soft back end, hermit crabs need a tool—a shell that has been discarded by another animal.
All cheetahs in the Species Survival Plan — and most zoo animals — eventually receive a microchip to help identify them.
Now in its third year, the 2021 Teach Central America Week runs from October 4 to 10.
"We take note of whether the gorillas are bright, alert, and behaving and maneuvering around their habitat as normal".
All tigers and three lions are eating normally and improving. Three lions are of greater concern.