WASHINGTON (AP) — Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth Friday to a wiggling cub and immediately began cuddling her offspring, Washington’s National Zoo said. The cub was born at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo has some happy news this evening: Mei Xiang, a giant panda, gave birth to a cub at 5:32 p.m. ET. In some ways this was a surprise, as the zoo did not know the panda was ...

One of Mei Xiang's tiny newborn panda cubs died Wednesday, four days after its birth at the National Zoo. The smaller of the twin giant panda cubs died shortly after 2 p.m. Zoo officials said the ...

The National Zoo's giant pandas weren't empty nesters for long. The zoo's female panda, Mei Xiang, gave birth to a cub at 6:35 p.m. Friday, less than a year after the pair's 4-year-old offspring, Bei ...

Zookeepers maintain a 24-hour watch over Washington's newest panda, by Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post, 19 September 2012, Local section, p. 1. Summary Mei Xiang, the National Zoo's female giant ...