Keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center spotted it during a routine checkup—a small, discolored bulge on the neck of the 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko.

ADVERTISEMENT Founded in 1889, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute spans 163 acres in Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park and houses over 2,100 animals across ...

Nation & World): The Smithsonian Institution and the National Zoo belong to the people of the United States, and are free to all the public. They are funded by our taxpayer dollars. As such ...

On Thursday, the president signed an executive order instructing vice president J.D. Vance to work with Congress to rid the Smithsonian Museum—and, for some reason, the National Zoo—of ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday putting Vice President J.D. Vance in charge of 'removing improper ideology' from the Smithsonian museums, including the National Zoo.

The order, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” directs Vice President JD Vance to remove “improper ideology” from the Smithsonian’s 19 museums and the National Zoo ...

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The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum, education and research complex. It consists of 21 museums and the National Zoo. Eleven museums are located along the National Mall in ...