Admit it: It's nearly impossible not to melt upon looking at the newest arrivals to the Smithsonian's National Zoo. These two cheetah cubs are utterly adorable, but the story of how they arrived at the zoo is a bit harrowing.
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Click on These Cheetah Cubs All Day Long
Gallery: Betty White Goes to the National Zoo
Betty White visited the National Zoo today and got a private tour of the giant pandas, fluffy little kiwis and other specimens. If this isn't the most SEO-friendly thing ever, we don't know what is.
Old People and Animals Collide: Betty White Is Visiting the National Zoo This Week
Betty White is doing two events with the National Zoo this week. Unfortunately, they're both sold out, but you can still look at photos of Betty White, animals and Betty White with animals.
Otterly Adorable: National Zoo Introduces 11 New Otters
The Smithsonian's National Zoo is introducing a family of 11 Asian small-clawed otters to the public tomorrow. Obviously, the otters are pretty damned cute.
And Now, an Elephant Playing a Harmonica
The National Zoo is at it again, this time letting 36-year-old Asian elephant Shanthi play a harmonica.
If Artificial Insemination Fails, It Might Be Time for D.C. to Get Some New Pandas
After yesterday's live-tweeted artificial insemination procedure, the world waits with eager anticipation to find out if Mei Xiang, the National Zoo's female giant panda, was successfully impregnated. If not, it might be time to trade in.
Panda Porn, Redefined: Mei Xiang's Artificial Insemination Live-Tweeted For the World to See
The National Zoo went there: in a stroke of social media brilliance, it live-tweeted Mei Xiang's artificial insemination this afternoon. The results were both awesome and awkward.
This Is Happening: National Zoo to Live-Tweet Panda Insemination
Who says tweets aren't news? Starting at 4 p.m., the National Zoo will be live-tweeting from an examination room as its scientists attempt to artificially inseminate the female giant panda Mei Xiang.
National Zoo Celebrates Forty Years of Pandas
Well, here's an anniversary we can all squee over. It was four decades ago today that the People's Republic of China presented President Richard Nixon with the gift of two giant pandas.
Monkey Business at National Zoo Produces Adorable Howler
Here's something to howl for—on March 22 the National Zoo welcome its newest black howler monkey.
Adorable Maned Wolf Pups That Will Eventually Grow Up to be Vicious Beasts Need Names
The National Zoo wants to name two of its adorable maned wolf pups, and it needs your help.
For St. Patrick's Day, Here's a Wolf Eating Out of a Hat
Even the specimens at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo are getting into the festivities for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow.
Be Distracted With This Newly Hatched Kiwi Chick
Friday can be so boring. Sick of working? Take a few moments to gaze on this photo newly posted by the National Zoo of a two-day-old kiwi chick.
Enjoy Some Emotionally Manipulative Red Pandas
Seriously, sometimes it's just beyond ridiculous the way the Smithsonian National Zoo toys with our emotions. Like with this pair of red pandas.
It's Like Naughty Animal Planet Over at the National Zoo
As part of a Valentine's Day promotion, the National Zoo wants you to know the many different ways that animal show their love for each other.
Not Even Liam Neeson Could Hate on These Adorable Wolf Cubs
It's pretty ridiculous just how cute the National Zoo's new brood of maned wolf pups is. Enjoy.
Lion Cubs Get Ready to Move Out of Mom's Place
I don't remember the part of The Lion King when Simba was kicked out of the house. But that seems to be what's soon to happen to the National Zoo's three year-and-a-half-old male lion cubs, who have started exhibiting some behavior that's a little too, well, frisky for the family home.
Rise of the Planet of the iPad-Wielding Apes
Orangutans in Milwaukee are using iPads. Their researchers want them to meet other apes via video-conferencing. Why not the orangutans at the National Zoo?
The Year in Cuteness: The National Zoo's Baby Animals
A year-end review of the cute animals born at the National Zoo in 2011.
LOL-Cheetahs Receive Names (Can Haz Namez?)
Thanks to I Can Haz Cheezburger—no, really—two cheetah cubs at the National Zoo have names today.
For Pandas, Zoo Hopes That Money Equals Love
Even as plenty of the National Zoo's other animals are efficiently producing adorable offspring, its giant pandas have generated little more than deflated hopes for another Butterstick. One philanthropist is hoping his investment will change that.
Nico Dauphine Sentenced for Attempting to Kill Feral Cats
Nico Dauphine, the former National Zoo researcher who last month was convicted of animal cruelty for intentionally leaving out food laced with rat poison for feral cats who roamed her Meridian Hill Park neighborhood, was sentenced yesterday to 180 days, suspended, along with 120 hours of community service.
I Can Has Cheetah Cub?
The National Zoo is at it again -- it needs names for two cheetah cubs, and it has teamed up with the people behind I Can Has Cheezburger to vote on them.
Overheard in D.C.: A Trip to the Zoo
The Zoo is great. It's free, it's outdoors, it's educational. You see people of all ages and backgrounds learning and having fun.
I Sure Hope She Likes Citizen Kane
Breaking, incredibly important Friday afternoon news from the National Zoo: the Zoo's adorable ferret kit has now been named Rosebud.
Zoo Researcher Found Guilty in Feral Cat Poisoning Case
Nico Dauphiné, the National Zoo researcher and "Apocalypse Meow" author who was arrested and accused of poisoning feral cats around Meridian Hill Park earlier this year, was found guilty on animal cruelty charges in D.C. Superior Court today.
Alleged Feral Cat Killer Has Her Day In D.C. Court
Nico Dauphiné, the National Zoo researcher who allegedly set out food laced with rat poison and antifreeze to kill off the population of feral cats which lingers around Meridian Hill Park, had the chance to defend herself in court yesterday.
Zoo's Ferret Needs Name, 'Squee' Inexplicably Not An Option
Oh, National Zoo, we knew you wouldn't let us go for long without offering an offering of squee to help us get through these quickly-turning-brisk days.
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