Keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center spotted it during a routine checkup—a small, discolored bulge on the neck of the 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko.

For the first time in more than two decades, the Smithsonian's National ... in the panda house for a minimum of 30 days. According to James Steeil, a veterinarian with the Zoo who traveled with ...

On Oct. 18, the Smithsonian ... House and Reptile Discovery Center. Guests will also receive a souvenir tote bag to collect goodies from trick-or-treating stations throughout the zoo.

By Lee Powell Nov. 17 at 6:30 a.m. At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo ... a bird keeper at the National Zoo’s Bird House. It takes keepers a long time to acclimate these birds to strange ...

So it seems fitting that when a gecko at the National Zoo was spotted with tumors, humans went all in to save the little fella. The 4-year-old leaf-tailed gecko lives at the zoo's Reptile ...

Keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Reptile Discovery Center spotted it during a routine checkup—a small, discolored bulge on the neck of the 4-year-old Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko.