Dana Hedgpeth

The two ducks that were recovered from Constitution Gardens will undergo necropsies to determine their cause of death.

Pet owners worry that President Donald Trump’s potentially record-breaking fireworks show honoring America’s 250th birthday will scare their dogs.

By Dana Hedgpeth Washington Post Lulu, an 80-pound Bernedoodle, hates Independence Day.

One of the nation’s establishing documents calls Indigenous people “merciless Indian savages.” Today, many say the phrase has an emotional and complicated impact.

As temperatures soar past 100 degrees, lions and tigers get frozen treats, but not the same kind that pandas and elephants get.

The 40-minute spectacle that started just before midnight capped off a day of extreme heat, lightning strikes, an evacuation order and widespread confusion.

The species faces many threats, including a reduction of underwater grasses that shelter young crabs, experts said.

The species faces many threats, including a reduction of underwater grasses that shelter young crabs, experts said.

The Mississippi kites’ 50-foot-high nest has drawn a stream of awestruck observers.

Dana Hedgpeth Out walking his beagle-dachshund in his Northeast Washington neighborhood last summer, Sam Talley, 15, first heard the distinct call, which sounds a bit like a two-note whistle.