This video is no longer available. D.C.’s newest giant pandas just got to town, but the Smithsonian National Zoo’s staff said they are already preparing for their big public debut on Jan. 24, 2025.

Giant pandas are an evolutionary mystery when it comes to their diets. Although pandas are herbivores, their guts are more like those of carnivores. After all, pandas are true bears, and most bears ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Everyone will finally be able to experience D.C.’s ‘pandamonium’ on Friday as the public will get their first glimpse of the National Zoo’s newest, and furriest friends.

Beijing’s panda recall from Tokyo is a soft-power signal with hard implications, revealing how Taiwan, elections and defense ...

Visitors waiting outside the gates in the frigid early hours, people decked out in themed gear, and even some special trips from across the country: It was a celebrity welcome for Washington’s most ...

Giant panda, Xiao Qi Ji, is seen in his enclosure at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 2023. The pandas were sent back to China in November 2023. Giant panda, Xiao Qi Ji, is seen in his ...

A pair of the bears will arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo by the end of 2024 Meilan Solly - Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Bao Li, a 2-year-old male, is the son of Bao Bao, who was ...

Captive panda population reached 808 in early 2026, a record number. A group of pandas is most often called an "embarrassment." Wild panda population is steady at about 1,900 in 2026. The giant panda ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the ...

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) staff hold an event to media regarding the arrival of two giant pandas from China, male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, at the ...