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The District’s beloved Washington Monument is closed for tours as temperatures continue to rise across the D.C. area, with ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th birthday in Washington, D.C. with a massive festival, parade and concert. The Army 250th birthday parade begins at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14 ...

A South Florida zoo's oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father's Day on Sunday. Goliath, a 517-pound Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a father for the first time ...

BY EMILY SEXSON National Pollinator Week is an annual event celebrated internationally in support of pollinators. This year, National Pollinator Week (NPW) will take place… Login to continue reading ...

The director of the National Portrait Gallery has resigned from her post, according to a memo sent to Smithsonian employees and obtained by CNN.

From 1925: The San Diego Zoo came to the rescue of silent movie star Nell Shipman’s menagerie of animals. More than 40 animals, which she had used in her wildlife adventure movies, had been ...

As hundreds of people gathered on a rain-splashed morning outside the Lincoln Memorial for a rally and march on the final day of WorldPride, screams of surprise erupted when former vice president ...

Hidden deep in the list of collaborations between the United States and Saudi Arabia lies a peculiar one: leopards. What you need to know.

The National Zoo still needs to create a custom habitat for the leopards, according to the NYT, but if all goes according to plan, the endangered cats will arrive while Trump is still in office.

A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas have begun their journey to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., according to officials from the China Wildlife Conservation Society and Chinese state-owned media.