After 63 years together, the National Zoo and Friends of The National Zoo are no longer friends, parting ways under the financial strain of the coronavirus pandemic.

It’s time to dust off your black cat ears and slink into the night: tickets are on sale now for the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s frighteningly fun adults-only Halloween event, Night of the Living Zoo.

It’s time to raise a glass in celebration of a few great creatures with opposable thumbs: gorillas, chimpanzees, and the humans who work to protect and strengthen our animal kingdom.