The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., was established in 1889 and is committed to helping save species and educating visitors.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo took a creative approach to this in 2017 when zookeepers gave animals musical instruments. The video above features several unlikely musicians, including a sloth ...

Melissa, a harpist from Seattle, is determined to teach her laughing dove Atlas how to play the harp just like her. Atlas ...

What is the language of music? – That question isn’t easy ... unique significance of the Schwanengesang (Swan Song). Instruments and various items were made out of products derived from other animals ...

Music can come from surprising places—even zoo animal enclosures. One group of (human) performers is proving that you don’t even need conventional instruments to make melodies. The Vienna Vegetable ...