It's a bittersweet day for fans of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mei Xiang celebrated her 25th birthday in style on Saturday with a blue ...

Pandas are notorious for not getting it on — or at least, not successfully mating. While breeding pandas in captivity is more successful now than it was in the mid-20th century, according to National ...

The National Zoo's three pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji, began their journey from Washington D.C. to China on Nov. 8 Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty; Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 10, 2023 /CSRwire/ - Today, three giant pandas, including 25-year-old Mei Xiang, 26-year-old Tian Tian, and their three-year-old cub, Xiao Qi Ji, arrived in Chengdu, China on ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Veterinarians Viewed Surprising Giant Panda Ultrasound at Smithsonian’s National Zoo For the first time at the National Zoo, veterinarians ...

The National Zoo said yesterday that zoo scientists artificially inseminated its female giant panda over the weekend in a last-minute, "long shot" effort to produce a long-sought surviving panda cub.

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 ...

On Wednesday, Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji were loaded into animal crates and taken to a special FedEx plane at Dulles International Airport for a 19-hour trip to China. The flight is being ...

Mei Xiang, the female giant panda, ambled into the narrow cage and, as trained, rolled onto her back. National Zoo biologist Laurie Thompson sat near her head, feeding her apple slices from a plastic ...