<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - National Zoo</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/zoo?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><description>National Zoo</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7955-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7955-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     THE REGION  Metro Votes to Buy Diesel, Hybrid Buses <br>Metro board members voted yesterday to spend $116 million to buy 117 diesel and 100 hybrid buses, scrapping plans to buy compressed natural gas models that emit less pollution. The 4 to 2 vote came after...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Animals Go, Volunteer Eyes Follow]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59650-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59650-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ At the National Zoo's Panda House, Kristen Miller and Molly Frantz stared intently at the closed-circuit TV screens monitoring the whereabouts of the animals in an outdoor enclosure. The male giant panda was grooming himself. The female  --  who might be pregnant  --  was sprawled over a log, asleep. Miller typed observations into a computer while Frantz jotted notes.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57795-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57795-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     THE REGION  Second Litter of Cheetah Cubs Born at Zoo <br>Five cheetahs were born at the National Zoo this week, the second litter of the endangered cats for the Smithsonian animal park. The births Thursday night were the first for Zazi, a cheetah born in...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Cheetah Cubs Born at National Zoo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56872-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56872-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five cheetahs were born at the National Zoo this week, only the second litter of the endangered cats for the Smithsonian animal park, and only a few months after the first litter of cubs was born.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mating Dance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26696-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26696-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's female giant panda was artificially inseminated last week.  Staff members at the zoo are "feeling good" about the chances of a cub being born in the next three to six months.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandas 'Out of Sync' to Mate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25057-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25057-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's giant pandas made several attempts to mate, even as animal care staff prepared to turn to artificial means to try to achieve a panda cub birth.]]></description><author> .  Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Mating Season, Web-Only Access]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22132-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22132-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The National Zoo's celebrated giant pandas could have an early fling  --  anytime in the next three days  --  but the public will have to watch the annual mating ritual via the Internet.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report on Zoo Cites Progress And Problems]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20366-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20366-2005Jan19.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Despite correcting weaknesses in animal care and management, the National Zoo needs to do more to regain its world-class reputation, according to an independent report.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker and D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoo Found Deficient in Monkey's Death]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57893-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57893-2005Jan7.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Federal inspectors who visited the National Zoo twice recently have cited deficiencies that contributed to the fatal injury of a monkey and continuing rodent problems, according to documents released yesterday by the zoo.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoo Director Search Begins Anew]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6437-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6437-2004Dec16.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Smithsonian Institution has reopened its search for a National Zoo director and will put one of its top managers in charge of the animal park until a replacement is found for departing Director Lucy H. Spelman, officials said.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capturing Information, Imaginations on Comprehensive Web Site]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58234-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58234-2004Dec11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The National Zoo used to have a disparate collection of Web sites, including those maintained by the zoo, its research center in Virginia and its education and fundraising arm, Friends of the National Zoo.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoo Heralds Litter Of 4 Endangered  Cheetah Cubs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20931-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20931-2004Nov29.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Four rare cheetahs were born last week at the National Zoo, the first litter of the world's fastest land animal in the zoo's 115-year history, officials announced yesterday.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smithsonian Pares Down Zoo Director Candidates]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4800-2004Oct3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4800-2004Oct3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Smithsonian Institution has narrowed its search for a new National Zoo director to a small group of candidates and hopes to have someone in place by the beginning of next year, officials said.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Watch Ends Empty-Nested]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24789-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24789-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The National Zoo's female giant panda did not want to play outdoors with her mate and spent much of her days sleeping in her den. She collected bamboo, broke it into pieces and made a nest. She cradled an apple in her arms, then a pear.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Panda Cubs for Zoo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23547-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23547-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After weeks of monitoring the National Zoo's female giant panda for signs of pregnancy, hormone tests confirm Mei Xiang is not expecting.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Community Events Sept. 9-16, 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5938-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5938-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Thursday 9 <br>   NAVY MEMORIAL JAZZ CONCERT,  the Navy Band's Commodores, noon, Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Free. 202-433-2525.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoping, but Not Necessarily Expecting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50666-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50666-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four months after the National Zoo artificially inseminated its female giant panda, officials there are launching a "pregnancy watch" today to try to answer a question that has become one of the zoo's favorite diversions:]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33720-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33720-2004Aug25.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      THE REGION  Zoo's Female Hippopotamus Dies at 52 <br> An aging Nile hippopotamus died yesterday at the National Zoo. A zoo spokeswoman said the hippo, a 52-year-old female named Arusha, died in her indoor pool at the Elephant House about 9 a.m.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeper Who Witnessed Facility's Growth Sees It at Crossroads Again]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1468-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1468-2004Aug14.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   When Bill Xanten started his long association with the National Zoo in 1956, the collection was huge -- but most of the animals lived in small yards and tiny, spartan cages, some dating to the late 1890s. There were no education programs, no scientists, no curators.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pouncing Into the Limelight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57371-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57371-2004Aug11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/zoo</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:42:31 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The three Sumatran tiger cubs born May 2 at the National Zoo got their first exposure to adoring crowds Wednesday.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item></channel></rss>