The National Zoo released a list today of the animals’ reactions, or lack thereof in the case of the pandas, to yesterday’s earthquake. Some highlights from nature’s finest: The howler monkeys sounded an alarm call just after the earthquake. (Glad they let us know after the fact) The black and rufous …

National Zoo panda Tai Shan is set to fly to China on custom FedEx plane. Complementary drinks will be served and somebody will have to sign for him upon his arrival. Tai Shan will fly Feb. 4 nonstop from Dulles International Airport aboard a giant FedEx 777F air freighter. The …

The sun is out, the tour buses are rolling in, and cross walk signs are being ignored all over the city. It is officially summer in Washington, D.C. DCist is out with their intern guide and Plight of the Pumpernickel rants about tourists. DCist’s Megan Carpentier: How Not to Be …

A tipster writes: “We spotted Majority Leader Steny Hoyer at the National Zoo this weekend.  He was with an unusually large entourage – and looked about as bored and tired as the lions themselves.”