ZooLights 2022: What you need to know

By Jack Pointer
November 16, 2022 | 5:07 PM

ZooLights begins Friday, Nov. 25, and ends Dec. 30. (Smithsonian’s National Zoo/Jim Jenkins)

A local holiday tradition returns this season to the National Zoo.

ZooLights — which features bright, colorful displays of holiday lights and 3D glowing animal lanterns — begins Friday, Nov. 25, and ends Dec. 30. Visitors can also enjoy food and live entertainment.

The event will be held rain or shine, but please note a change of plans is possible if local COVID metrics worsen.

Here’s what you need to know.

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Beaver found dead at state park in Montgomery County tests positive for rabies

By The Banner Montgomery
Clara Longo de Freitas
August 19, 2026 | 3:49 PM

A dead beaver found at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County has tested positive for rabies, the third positive finding at a Maryland state park in recent weeks. State Department of Natural Resources officials located a beaver carcass on Monday in the Berryville Area of Seneca Creek State Park, downstream from where a 10-year-old was bitten last week, said Rachael Pacella, a spokesperson for the department. “We are unsure if this beaver was involved in the incident,” she said. The beaver who bit the 10-year-old on Aug. 13 escaped into the water. “Efforts to locate and test additional animals continue,” she said.

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