He pleased visitors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington for almost 25 years. Although he died back in December, his loss probably remains a significant event. This was an arthritic ...

Ume is a white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf that was born Feb. 2 at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma.

A rare and endangered baby animal that looks like a “fuzzy watermelon” has a new name, and it’s also a fruit, a Washington zoo said. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, ...

In this video, one of the zoo’s new pandas, Bao Li, takes a nasty fall when the tree limb he’s climbing on breaks underneath ...

The zoo shared a video of the endangered ... Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from ...

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo ...

The National Weather Service warned of “life-threatening cold” as wind chills dropped to minus 60 Fahrenheit (minus 51 ...

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(Katelynd Anderson/Anacostia Community Museum) The Anacostia Community Museum and the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park has launched a free monthly ... as a child-directed hike through the George ...

Kids Baking Championship” contestants are battling for $25,000, a feature story in Food Network Magazine and the coveted title.