This is the first time the Zoo has had a pileated gibbon birth since 2013.

An endangered Pileated Gibbon is born at Twycross Zoo. The newborn is the latest addition to the zoo’s primate family, born to experienced parents Valentina and Helmut, a successful breeding pair.

Billy Gibbons celebrated his 76th birthday this past December. And while most of his contemporaries who’ve hit the three-quarter century mark are enjoying retirement or at least slowing their roll, ...

Cardinals, calls, cards, chairs — and courtesy. All come to mind as Cardinal Timothy Dolan takes leave of his cathedral in New York. Amid the grand ceremony, the virtue of courtesy should not be ...

Billy F. Gibbons is a rock ‘n’ roll lifer, which comes as no news to fans of ZZ Top, the Texas blues trio he’s fronted since 1969. But even singing and playing with one of modern rock’s most popular ...

After a 21-month pregnancy, an endangered Asian elephant gave birth for the first time in nearly 25 years at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI). “After waiting ...

Washington, D.C., has something to trumpet about overnight after welcoming a very small and very special new resident. A baby Asian elephant was born in the early hours Monday at the Smithsonian’s ...

A female Asian elephant calf has been born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) in Washington, DC, the first in almost a quarter of a century. The baby, whose ...

An eagerly awaited Asian elephant calf has made her grand arrival at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. The baby was born Feb. 2 at 1:15 a.m. after a 21-month gestation to parents Nhi Linh and Spike, the ...

The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh’s first offspring. Brandie ...

The female calf was born on February 2 at 1:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time. Roshan Patel / Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute In the wee hours of February 2, the world ...

Without a resident groundhog, the Milwaukee County Zoo had an eastern black rhino – one of its newest residents – handle its Groundhog Day prediction this year. According to non-scientific tradition, ...