Something is always happening at the National Zoo. Daily programs include animal training, feeding demonstrations, and keeper talks. Some programs change from week to week. We strive to keep the schedule current, and apologize for any errors. Please consult a schedule at the Zoo the day of your visit.
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Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Where: Amazonia, entrance level What: Thousands of fish species live in the Amazon Basin. Meet some of them in our Amazonia Habitat.
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When: Friday-Sunday: 11 a.m. |
Asia Trail Interpreters
Where: Asia Trail What: Learn about giant pandas, sloth bears, clouded leopards, and four other species living on Asia Trail.
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Beaver Valley Interpreters
Where: Lower end of Beaver Valley
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When: Saturday–Sunday: April–November |
Bird Interpreters
Where: Bird House What: Check out feathers, bones, and eggs and learn about the fascinating world of birds.
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When: Saturday–Sunday: |
Book Signing
Where: Panda Plaza What: Don Moore, the Zoo's associate director of animal care, will be signing his book Disney’s Wonderful World of Animals.
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Caracal Feeding
Where: Between Great Cats and Think Tank. What: Come learn about these beautiful African cats.
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When: Tuesday-Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. |
Cheetah Interpreters
Where: Cheetah Conservation Station What: Explore the world of the cheetah and other animals at the Cheetah Conservation Station, including Grevy's zebras and scimitar-horned oryx.
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When: Saturday-Sunday: April-November |
Eagle Feeding
Where: Beaver Valley What: Learn about eagles, falcons, and hawks.
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When: Daily: 2 p.m. |
Elephant Bath
Where: Inside Elephant House What: Meet our Asian elephants.
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When: Daily: 10:30 a.m. |
Elephant Training Demo
Where: Outside Elephant House What: How do you get a four-ton animal to cooperate? Come find out.
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When: Daily: 11 a.m. |
Encounter Invertebrates
Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: Explore the complex, fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, seashells and spiders.
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When: Feeding demos every half hour. Hands-on activities vary daily. |
Flight Exhibit Enrichment
Where: Bird House Indoor Flight Exhibit What: Watch birds forage and catch their food mid-flight, as a keeper or volunteer narrates.
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When: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday: 11 a.m. |
"Frog, Chemical, Water, You!"
Where: Amazonia Science Gallery Seminar Room What: A short film about the effect of chemical contaminants we put into the environment and the worldwide decline of amphibians, and what we can to take to reduce our chemical footprints.
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When: Film is shown continuously throughout the day. |
Giant Octopus Feeding
Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: The giant octopus will eat almost anything it can catch.
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When: Daily: 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. |
Great Ape Keeper Talk
Where: Great Ape House What: the fascinating world of apes. A keeper will speak about gorillas or orangutans.
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When: Daily: 11:30 a.m. |
Great Ape Research Demo
Where: Think Tank What: Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo’s orangutans and gorillas.
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When: Daily: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. |
Great Cats Keeper Talk
Where: Great Cats Exhibit What: Learn about Sumatran tigers and African lions.
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When: Saturday–Sunday: 2:30 p.m. |
How Do You Zoo?
Where: Visitor Center What: Learn about working at the Zoo in this hands-on discovery room for children ages five to ten.
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When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 1-3 p.m. Saturday–Sunday: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Kids' Farm Interpreters
Where: Kids' Farm What: Learn about farming and how taking care of animals takes time, dedication, and knowledge.
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When: Saturday-Sunday: |
Large Mammal Interpreters
Where: Inside the Elephant House What: Learn about the Zoo's elephants and hippos.
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When: Saturday–Sunday: |
Meet an Anteater Keeper
Where: Giant anteater yard, near Lemur Island What: Come talk to a keeper and learn all about anteaters.
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When: Monday: 1:30 p.m. |
Meet a Kiwi
Where: Bird House What: Learn about New Zealand's best known bird.
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When: Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 11 a.m. |
Meet a Mammal Keeper Talk
Where: Small Mammal House What: An animal keeper will introduce you to a naked mole-rat or another small mammal.
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When: Daily: 2 p.m. |
Meet a Reptile
Where: Reptile Discovery Center What: Learn all about reptiles, which live on every continent except Antarctica.
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When: Daily: 3 p.m. |
Meet a Zebra
Where: Zebra yard on Olmsted Walk What: Meet our male Grevy's zebras, the largest of all zebras.
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When: Saturday–Sunday: 1 p.m. |
Otter Feeding
Where: Beaver Valley What: Find our what North American river otters eat and how they communicate.
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When: Daily: 10:30 a.m. |
Prairie Dog Training
Where: Prairie dog exhibit, near Lemur Island What: How do you get a prairie dog to stand on a scale? Come find out.
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When: Friday: 2:30 p.m. |
Primate Interpreters
Where: Inside and outside the Great Ape House, and at Gibbon Ridge, Lemur Island, and Think Tank What: Learn about some of our closest relatives, great and lesser apes—gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons—and discuss the idea of animal thinking.
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When: Wednesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday–Sunday: |
Reptile Discovery Center Interpreters
Where: Reptile Discovery Center What: Learn about the extraordinary world of reptiles and amphibians such as salamanders and frogs, crocodiles and turtles, lizards and snakes.
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When: Hands-on activities vary daily. |
Seal or Sea Lion Training
Where: Seal or Sea Lion Pool What: See how graceful—and hungry—gray seals and California sea lions are.
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When: Daily: 11:30 a.m. |
Sloth Bear Feeding
Where: Asia Trail What: Find out what and how these Asian bears eat.
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When: Daily: 11:30 a.m. Weather permitting |
Small Mammal Interpreters
Where: Small Mammal House What: Learn about a wide variety of animals including the three-banded armadillo, naked mole-rat, golden lion tamarin, and banded mongoose.
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Spectacled Bear Keeper Talk
Where: Spectacled bear yard, near Amazonia and sea lions What: Come find out
what makes South America's only bear so
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Spider Rap
Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: Eight-legged wonders! Come
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