May 2003
Founded in 1889 by an act of Congress, Smithsonian’s National Zoo boasts some 2,800 individual animals representing some 435 species.
Learn more about the National Zoo.
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The giant two pandas are easily the most popular animals at the National Zoo. This is Mei Xiang, the female, enjoying breakfast on a sunny, late May morning. Her name is Chinese for "beautiful fragrance."
Learn more about the Zoo's giant pandas. |
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The giant two pandas are easily the most popular animals at the National Zoo. This is Mei Xiang, the female, enjoying breakfast on a sunny, late May morning. Her name is Chinese for "beautiful fragrance."
Learn more about the Zoo's giant pandas. |
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One of the elephants performs for the crowd. |
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Kuja, a male western lowland gorilla, outside the Great Ape House. |
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Kuja, a male western lowland gorilla (left), and a Mandara, female western lowland gorilla, with one of her offspring outside the Great Ape House. |
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An alligator suns itself in the Reptile House. |
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A titi monkey in the Amazonia exhibit. |
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A scarlet macaw in the Amazonia exhibit. |
