For five decades, the pandas have provoked something like a widespread local frenzy, adored and cherished by residents who treat the bears as they might a revered celebrity.
Cheetah Conservation Station keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo announced Thursday that a new male lesser kudu calf was born there last month.
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>> Mayor Adrian Fenty has chosen Clark Ray to serve as the city’s director of the Department of Parks and Recreation. Ray was previously the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services. >> D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has called for her third summertime “All Hands on Deck” initiative for Monday and Tuesday, to coincide with Tuesday’s National Night Out. The last “All Hands on Deck,” when Lanier requires all MPD…
Tai Shan, aka Butterstick, is 2 years old today. The National Zoo gave the furball a birthday treat made of apples, pears, and bamboo frozen in beet juice and water — and a giant number 2 that apparently scared him quite a bit when it fell over. It’s no beersicle, but it’ll do. Happy birthday from all of your pals at DCist, Tai Shan….
OK, one more time, can someone explain to us the shrewd scheduling of the Super Bowl for Sunday night every year? We wake up on Monday, still stuffed with unhealthy amounts of sausage and seven layer dip, and more than a little bit hungover. How are we expected to work under these conditions? So we’re making this proposal to The Man, right here, right now: make the day after the Super Bowl a holiday….
When Butterstick’s official name was to be chosen, the National Zoo put the decision in the hands of us, the normal folk. Now they’re looking to do the same with the three newest additions to the zoo’s stock — the tiger cubs. The National Zoo has opened online voting for the three cubs — one male and two females — that were born on May 24. The voting will remain open until August 21, and…
Yesterday we broached the idea of getting rid of the zoo’s elephants, freeing them of their tight digs in Woodley Park and sending them someplace where they could romp around as nature intended. Today, we have two updates. It seems that things might not be as bad as we thought. Not too long after our initial post, a spokesperson for the National Zoo sent us an email detailing the steps the zoo was taking to…
Well, being that it’s Friday, make that three happy thoughts. But given that today marks the start of the World Cup and the last day that we’ll hopefully ever have Tom DeLay in Washington, it’s looking to be a great day. Host country Germany kicks off the tournament against Costa Rica — this DCist’s favored team — today at noon, at which time DeLay will be packing boxes in his Capitol Hill office and trying…
The National Zoo might finally be coming around to it — “Tai Shan” just isn’t sticking. In an email to DCist, a reader tipped us off to the following: Yesterday I received the latest edition of Zoogoer, the magazine for members of Friends of the National Zoo. On the back, there is an advertisement for the upcoming ZooFari benefit, the theme of which is “Black and White Night.” Of course there is an adorable photo…
