Asian elephant Nhi Linh (foreground) is pregnant and due to give birth between mid-January and early March 2026 at the ...

The zoo says 12-year-old Nhi Linh will welcome her first baby sometime this winter, although it’s unclear if she will deliver a boy or a girl.

The annual Zoolights returned to the National Zoo on November 21. The annual Zoolights returned to the National Zoo on ...

The birth of the four cubs marks "an exciting, full-circle moment" for their mother Amabala as well as the zoo's conservation ...

ZooLights returns Nov. 21 to Jan. 3. The National Zoo team hurried to pull everything together after the government shutdown ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) welcomed a litter of four cheetah cubs last month.

The “strong, active” and “vocal” babies were born during the government shutdown, and they and their 5-year-old, first-time ...

A cheetah named Amabala welcomed a litter of four cheetah cubs at the Smithsonian's National Zoo on Oct. 17 and 18. The cubs' ...

A litter of four cheetah cubs was born on the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Front Royal campus last month. Now, they can be ...

On Oct. 17 and 18, a litter of four new cheetah cubs was born at the National Zoo’s Front Royal campus. The cubs, and mom Amabala, are doing well.