The Smithsonian’s National Zoo features a series of habitats in which their extraordinary animals thrive. Elephant Trails is home to its 6 Asian elephants; Giant Panda Habitat, 4 Giant Pandas; Great Cats has 3 lions, 6 lion cubs, and 3 tigers; Great Ape House, gorillas and orangutans; Reptile Discovery Center, cobras, turtles, alligators; American Trail, wolves; Small Mammal House, North American porcupine; Amazonia, arpaima, black pacus and piranha; The Bird House; owls and numerous other avian species.
Our National Museum of Natural History’s Department of Vertebrate Zoology studies birds, fishes, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.