D.C. Police Department has dismissed reports of a shooting at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, confirming there is ...

Panic erupted at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, after reports of an active shooter on Saturday. Police ...

The National Zoo remains open as usual on Monday after tense moments over the weekend when a fight broke out, prompting a police response.

Multiple agencies, including the Metropolitan Police Department, responded to investigate. Zoo officials later confirmed that ...

"As a diplomat in Washington ... for their future," Smith, the zoo's director, told News4. "Although I'm a little bit heartbroken for us." Reliving DC's panda history (including all those squishy ...

Eyewitness Sana Saeed, who was at the zoo during the incident, shared on X that visitors were being evacuated while police ...

Visitors at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Saturday afternoon had to temporarily shelter in place as police investigated a ...

This newborn’s ape-solutely adorable. A Washington, DC, zoo welcomed a newborn western lowland gorilla Saturday — an exciting addition to the critically endangered species. Zoologists at the ...

Two new giant pandas will be arriving at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, this year, the zoo announced Wednesday. The bears, named Qing Bao and Bao Li, a pair of 2-year-old ...

The three giant pandas at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will be returned to China by December 7, the zoo announced in statements released on both Monday, August 21, and Sunday ...

FILE - Giant pandas eat bamboo at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, May 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin, Copyright 2022 The ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Although giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived at their new home on Connecticut Avenu at the National Zoo Tuesday afternoon, officials say the pandas won't make their ...