The world’s rarest parrot, declared extinct in the wild, has hatched at a zoo. The Spix’s macaw – famous as the character Blu ...

If you have plans to visit Washington, D.C. in the future, you’re in for a treat. After a six-year, $69 million renovation, the National Zoo is set to reopen its Bird House, which is home to 170 birds ...

Starting Monday, you can visit Northwest D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo and its newly renovated Bird House — all you’ll need is a free ticket to enter. The six-year, $69-million project features more ...

Outside the National Zoo’s Bird House, small white cotton bags hung on hooks, each holding a bird that ornithologist Brian Evans and his team had netted that Saturday morning. Now and then, they ...

Deauville the pied crow is safe back at the Oakland Zoo after escaping from his home at the California facility's African Savanna aviary during a storm on March 21 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...