Washington, D.C.’s newest pandas – Bao Li and Qing Bao – will officially be introduced to the public at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Friday. Visitors will be able to see Bao Li and Qing Bao at ...

FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji eats bamboo in his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end ...

WASHINGTON -- The three giant pandas tumble around in their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, munching on bamboo shoots and leaves, climbing branches and generally looking ...

Giant pandas are set to return to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., by the end of the year, officials announced Wednesday. China will send a pair of 2-year-old pandas, male Bao Li and female Qing ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the first time in decades, San Francisco will receive giant pandas from China as part of China's Panda Diplomacy program. San Francisco Mayor London Breed shared the news on X ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s panda diplomacy may have one true winner: the pandas themselves. Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the species, the number of ...

Mara Hvistendahl, a The New York Times reporter who wrote “The Panda Factories”, an extraordinary piece of investigative journalism probing the impact of China’s gambit nearly 30 years ago to send ...

The panda program is getting an upgrade — and the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has David Rubenstein to thank for nearly half of the funds. The National Zoo is in the ...