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The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is a leader in animal care & conservation biology.

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What animals are singing, calling, and echolocating in Bird Friendly coffee and nearby forests? 🎶🐦🐸🦇🎶 Smithsonian Bird Friendly has a motto: Proudly Serving Biodiversity. In order to better understand the wide range of wildlife that lives and breeds in sustainably-grown coffee, we are in the midst of an exciting new bioacoustics research project! Spearheaded by Zoo research fellow Becca Brunner, this study aims to record the sounds of birds, frogs and bats by placing microphones and temperature sensors in dozens of coffee farms and forests in Western Panama. An exciting collaboration between the Smithsonian Zoo, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Bat Lab, Smithsonian Bird Friendly and the Panama Amphibian Research and Conservation Project this work will give us a more complete picture of the microhabitat needs of the species that together create the beautiful soundscapes of Bird Friendly coffee. Photo credit: Rebecca Brunner, Smithsonian 10 Nov 2026

The WILDLABS partnership is growing! 🎉 We’re thrilled to welcome Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) as our first new partner since launching in 2015, alongside Conservation International, Fauna & Flora, World Wildlife Fund, and the Wildlife Conservation Society. NZCBI brings more than a century of turning science into conservation action, and our first shared priority is education and capacity building, starting with support for our new Zoos and Aquariums community group. Please join us in giving NZCBI a warm welcome to WILDLABS! 🔗 Read the full announcement at the link in our bio. #Tech4Wildlife #ConservationTechnology #Biodiversity #Science #Education 10 Nov 2026

UPDATE: Connecticut Ave. is now open to all traffic. Driving to the Zoo this morning, Tuesday, Nov. 10? Road closures are impacting access to the Zoo's vehicle entrance on Connecticut Ave. Those visiting should travel northbound on Connecticut Ave. for entry. The Connecticut Ave. pedestrian entrance is not impacted. Photo credit: Brett Kuxhausen, Smithsonian 01 Jan 1970

🍂🐼🍁 Tomorrow, spend a perfect autumn evening with Zoo Director Dr. Brandie Smith as she discusses her new book, “In the Company of Pandas: My Life with the World’s Favorite Bear.” Join Brandie and CNN’s Dana Bash at the Zoo for a conversation celebrating the book’s release, with behind-the-scenes stories, an audience Q&A and plenty to delight panda fans. Hurry — there are only a handful of tickets left! 🎟️🔗Reserve your seat at the link in our bio! 🐼 Tuesday, Nov. 10 | 6:30–8:30 p.m. 🐼 Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium 🐼 $10; purchase online in advance. 🐼 Preorder a signed copy with your ticket. All book proceeds support the Smithsonian’s giant panda conservation program. Photo by Roshan Patel/Smithsonian. 01 Jan 1970

❤️🦭🐟 Passionate about wildlife and conservation? Join our Keeper Aide volunteer program! From food preparation and enrichment to cleaning and other animal care support tasks, volunteers play an important role in promoting animal health and welfare. If you're looking for a meaningful, hands-on volunteer opportunity and are ready to make a long-term commitment, we encourage you to apply! Volunteers may be considered for placement with a variety of animal care teams across both NZCBI campuses based on interests, availability, and program needs. Must be 18 or older to apply and participate. Sign up at the link in our bio! 07 Nov 2026

🐼💬 Giant pandas would like to have a word about their reputation. Several million years of successful reproduction, and everyone’s still questioning their dating (and mating) skills. In this excerpt from her new book, "In the Company of Pandas: My Life with the World’s Favorite Bear", John and Adrienne Mars Zoo Director Dr. Brandie Smith tackles the persistent myth that pandas are bad at sex — and humans’ very public obsession with their private lives. 📖🔗 Read an excerpt in @popsci at the link in our bio. Get the full story when the book hits shelves Nov. 10. Proceeds support the Smithsonian’s giant panda conservation program. Photos by Roshan Patel/Smithsonian. 06 Nov 2026

“Panda fans will be delighted.” — Kirkus Reviews Sound like anyone you know? On Tuesday, Nov. 10, join Brandie and CNN’s Dana Bash at the Zoo for a conversation celebrating the book’s release, with behind-the-scenes stories, an audience Q&A and plenty to delight panda fans. 🐼 Tuesday, Nov. 10 | 6:30–8:30 p.m. 🐼 Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium 🐼 $10; purchase online in advance. 🐼 Preorder a signed copy with your ticket. All book proceeds support the Smithsonian’s giant panda conservation program. 🎟️🔗Reserve your seat at the link in our bio! 04 Nov 2026

Are sustainable coffee-growing practices important for frogs as well as birds? 🌿☕🐸 Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute research fellow Becca Brunner intends to find out. Becca and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute interns Henry Velasquez and Jorge Medina-Madrid have started surveying Bird Friendly research plots in Panama, and they've already found over 15 species of frogs in shade-grown coffee and nearby forest—including glass frogs and tree frogs! Stay tuned for more updates as their fieldwork progresses! ⛺️🥾🌄 Photo credits: Rebecca Brunner, Smithsonian 02 Nov 2026

Planning to visit our Komodo dragons and Chinese alligators? Sunday, Nov. 15, is the last day you will be able to view these animals at the Zoo—for now. Built in the 1980s, the Komodo dragon and Chinese alligator exhibit buildings have given visitors an opportunity to come face-to-face with these charismatic reptiles. After four decades of exposure to the elements, the buildings' structural, mechanical and infrastructure issues have become more frequent and costly in terms of financial resources and staff time spent on temporary fixes. With the animals' long-term welfare as our top priority, we’re moving them to other Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited facilities. As ambassadors for their species, they teach staff and visitors about their biology, behavior and the role they play as top predators in the ecosystem. They’ll be able to continue to fulfil this important mission at their new homes. Though it's hard to say goodbye to Onyx, Marigold and our Chinese alligators, it's only a temporary "farewell" for their species. In the coming years, our historic 1931 Reptile Discovery Center will be transformed into the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Center—a modern, 21st Century facility that will meet the needs of our animals, animal care staff and visitors. Once renovation is complete, Komodo dragons and Chinese alligators will return to expanded enclosures that mimic their native habitats, encourage their natural behaviors and have room for them to grow and breed. Check out the link in our bio for more information on upcoming construction projects. Photos by Roshan Patel, Brett Kuxhausen and Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian. 02 Nov 2026

The ghosts have gone, the pumpkins are packed away, and you know what that means… 👻➡️✨ It's officially ZooLights season! Get ready for millions of twinkling lights, larger-than-life animal lanterns, festive fun and plenty of holiday magic. 🎟️ Grab your tickets today at the link in bio and make ZooLights part of your holiday tradition! 01 Jan 1970

🧙‍♀️🧹 “Tonight, we fly!” The witching hour is close at hand, and our Bird Friendly Coffee Farm Aviary residents are ready to Trick-Or-Tweet! 🪄In a spell, Bird House keepers brewed some clever enrichment for our birds to enjoy. ✨ A juvenile orchard oriole rides a broom in style, under a garland of grapes and orange slices. ✨ Black-bellied whistling ducks are bewitched by a pumpkin filled with grapes, berries, waxworms, mealworms and crickets. ✨ Festive Halloween decor doubles as perching for our Yellow-breasted chat (left) and male American redstart. Photos by Shelby Burns/Smithsonian. 31 Oct 2026

🎃🦩 Hello, gourdgeous! Our Bird House team recently welcomed a new flamboyance of flamingoes. For fun fall 🍂 enrichment, keepers gave the new flock a not-so-spooky item to explore. While most passed the pumpkin by, one curious flamingo—#32—stopped to take a closer look. Keeper Daniel Frank, who captured this photo, says #32 explored the gourd several times, and even tried to “filter feed” (a.k.a. nibble) it! What is filter feeding? When it’s time to eat, a flamingo will place its head upside down in the water with its bill pointed at its feet. It then sweeps its head side-to-side, using its tongue to pump water in and out of its bill. Comb-like plates along the edge of the bill create a filter for water to rush out, while trapping food inside. Many plants produce natural red, yellow or orange pigments, called carotenoids. Carotenoids give pumpkins their orange color. They are also found in the microscopic algae that brine shrimp eat. As a flamingo dines on algae and brine shrimp, its body metabolizes the pigments — turning its feathers pink. You can visit #32 and her flock in the Bird House’s flamingo habitat, across from the kori bustards! Photos by Daniel Frank/Smithsonian. 31 Oct 2026

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