President Donald Trump signed an executive order behind closed doors on Thursday directing federal agencies and the ...

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that ...

President Donald Trump is extending his efforts to influence American cultural and artistic institutions to the Smithsonian ...

Spruce, an orphaned cougar cub at the Oakland Zoo in California, will be making his way to the Birmingham Zoo in the coming weeks to join a female cub in the new cougar habitat that opened on March ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

President Donald Trump says protecting national security gives him the authority to end collective bargaining with labor ...

Donald Trump has a surprising new target in his purge of what he calls “American ideology” in the nation’s top cultural ...

Good morning. Peak bloom—when 70 percent of the Yoshino cherry trees that ring the Tidal Basin are in full blossom—could be ...

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax managed to get a rare opportunity to see giant pandas at the ...

However, a few zoos have come up with ways to broaden their animals' horizons, and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...

Arataki and Otay are in for quite a few treats this month. The National Zoo and Aquarium’s resident sun bear couple are doing their bit for World Bear Day on Sunday, 23 March, by sitting down for a ...