Visit the American Trail, the Zoo's new home for seals, sea lions, and brown pelicans, which is modeled on the central California coast. Also located here are bald eagles, gray wolves, North American river otters, beavers, and ravens.

View interesting X-rays to learn how animals move, eat, and play.

Visit some of the newest members of the Zoo family.

As part of the Zoo's campaign to save Asian elephants, this expanded and transformed home for the Zoo's Asian elephants provides new indoor and outdoor space and  features a variety of habitats that support the natural behavior of the multi-generational herd.

Mei Xiang and Tian Tian can be seen in his habitat wrestling in the grass, sleeping in a tree, munching on stalks of bamboo, or lounging in a misty grotto. 

Asia Trail is home to the following Asian species: sloth bears, fishing cats, red pandas, clouded leopards, Asian small-clawed otters, giant pandas, and Japanese giant salamander.

This prairie-dog-themed playground, designed for children ages 2-6, reveals a prairie-dog's perspective on survival.

This child-friendly exhibition reveals that most of the food we eat comes from a farm and allows visitors to lend a hand around the farm.

This open-air exhibition is home to both ring-tailed and red-fronted lemurs.

The Reptile Discovery Center is an interactive exhibition that features some 70 species of reptiles and amphibians -- from snakes to frogs to turtles to lizards to crocodiles to Komodo dragons.

See The Gathering by Brad Walker, the Taft Bridge Lions by Roland Perry, and Uncle Beazley by Louis Paul Jonas in various locations.

See living, breathing, roaring Sumatran tigers and African lions and learn more about these endangered animals.

The National Zoo is home to hundreds of birds from all over the world.

 Living plants, butterflies, and bees are used to explore pollination.

This exhibition explores the biology and evolution of animal thinking, focusing on primates

Animals and plants of the New World are included in this rain forest habitat featuring a re-created microcosm of the world's largest rain forest and the Amazon River.

Cheetahs can be seen engaged in natural behaviors in a grassland setting similar to their natural savanna habitat.

The wetlands contains a boardwalk traversing a series of ponds and wildlife-friendly plantings. Although no captive birds inhabit this area, it is a nice place to birdwatch.

Gibbon Ridge is home to three groups of white-cheeked gibbons and a group of siamangs.

This exhibition is home to dozens of invertebrate species -- the most abundant creatures on earth -- from sea stars to spiny lobsters, to giant African millipedes, to tarantulas, to a giant Pacific octopus.