WASHINGTON -- The baby giant panda at Washington's National Zoo was very talkative during the little cub's very first veterinary exam, two days before turning a month old. The Smithsonian, which runs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s National Zoo says panda matriarch Mei Xiang has given birth and is caring for her newborn attentively. The National Zoo said the birth happened at 6:35 p.m. ET on Friday ...

I'm taking the liberty of posting this as a new and very brief essay to follow up on one that I wrote last week about this panda birth because this tragic death of the young panda (see also for ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- When Mei Xiang went in for an ultrasound on Friday, her results were shared around the world. The 22-year-old giant panda could deliver a cub in the next few days, the Smithsonian's ...

When red pandas Keahi and Rocket were first brought together to breed at a National Zoo facility in Virginia, zookeeper Jessica Kordell said it didn’t seem like they were going to be interested in ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington invited the public to celebrate giant panda Qing Bao's fourth birthday on Friday. It's her first birthday at the park."It's been really fun to see her ...