Basil, the opossum who called the National Zoo’s Small Mammal House home and won News4’s 2023 bracket for D.C.’s Next Animal Obsession, died on May 1.

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Set on 163 acres in Northwest Washington, the National Zoo was founded in 1889 to inspire the ... serves as the headquarters for the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The zoo’s DC space is ...

Tiny Gecko Becomes First Lizard Treated For Cancer With Chemo At DC’s National Zoo He may only weigh 3 ounces, but this little lizard just helped make veterinary history. Veterinarians at the ...

Veterinarians at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, DC, say they successfully treated a leaf-tailed gecko for skin cancer using chemotherapy — a procedure believed to be the first of its ...

The Washington Commanders should be searching for a running back at some point during next week's draft. The team doesn't have a running back signed beyond the 2025 campaign, so injecting that ...

THAT BREAKING NEWS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JUST REPORTING THAT THE TORNADO THAT HIT NORTHERN DOUGLAS AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTIES WAS AN EF THREE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I’M BILL ...

Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk pilot Jo ... had struck an American Airlines jet over the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., killing all aboard both aircraft. The next day, Ellis, who ...

There are six national parks within an hour and a half radius of the heart of Washington, D.C., that can be visited on Saturday at no cost. Here is everything you need to know: Located about 15 ...

WASHINGTON — Chemo for a gecko? Right-o. Humans have used geckos in the pursuit of skin cancer treatments. So it seems fitting that when a gecko at the National Zoo was spotted with tumors ...