In August, a male cub born to panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo recently got his 3-month check-up. The cub has remained nameless, so now the zoo in our nation’s capital needs help naming ...

Mei Xiang, the 22-year-old panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, has given birth to a cub. "A precious giant panda cub has arrived!" officials announced Friday, adding that they are "overjoyed." 🐼 ...

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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo’s 6-week-old giant panda cub is a male, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists confirmed. During the cub’s first veterinary exam Sept.

The National Zoo released a recent video on Twitter of ---- eating a sweet potato. Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji has continued to progress and is now climbing on rockwork and exploring his indoor habitat ...

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 ...

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WASHINGTON -- 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 ...