Nature & Wildlife
Explore Nature & Wildlife across the Smithsonian through stories, events, and exhibitions. Use the filters to browse by format, then bookmark events and exhibitions to keep track of what you want to visit or attend.
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The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, named for its donor, comprises more than 200 varieties of plants in hanging baskets, borders, and raised serpentine beds flanking an unusual curvilinear walkway designed by architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian Gardens
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A 4.2-acre rooftop park, named for its donor, features an embroidered parterre in a geometric design of plants and flowers rotated seasonally, an Asian-influenced garden adjacent to the National Museum of Asian Art, and a Moorish-influenced . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian Gardens
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Scurry into the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Small Mammal House and meet more than 35 species as they move, eat, and play in enclosures that mimic their wild habitats. Sand cats dwell in desert landscapes, golden lion tamarins jump from tree to. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
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The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is home to over a dozen species of primates.
The homestead for the Zoo’s gorillas and orangutans is the Great Ape House. Within the house, floor-to-ceiling viewing panes allow visitors to view these endangered . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
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