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Lucy Spelman and David Evans spoke to reporters about a report by the National Academy of Sciences on operations and safety at the National Zoo. Ms. Spelman also announced her resignation an…

Mr. Honigsbaum discussed his book The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria, published by Farr, Strauss, and Giroux. The book follows the adventures of three 19th-century English na…

Author Alan Rabinowitz discussed his book, Beyond the Last Village: A Journey of Discovery in Asia’s Forbidden Wilderness, published by Island Press. Mr. Rabinowitz led an expedition to Myan…

Officials spoke to reporters about the one-year anniversary of the panda exhibit at the National Zoo and the research efforts associated with the loan of two giant pandas from China. Followi…

Scenes of Burati, the new Sumatran tiger cub’s public debut at the National Zoo were shown.

Secretary Small and other officials announced that China had agreed to loan two giant pandas to the National Zoo for a ten year period in return for an annual gift of $1 million to a Chinese…

Zoo officials talked to reporters about the recent death of the giant panda Hsing-Hsing. After their prepared remarks they answered questions from reporters. This program ends abrup…

Zoo officials briefed reporters on the health condition of the zoo’s Panda bear and efforts to acquire more of the animals from China.