There will soon be a giant panda-shaped hole in the capital's heart as a Washington DC zoo bids farewell to three of its biggest stars set to return to China after two decades. Tian Tian, 26, Mei ...

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — Only three zoos in the United States currently have giant pandas, and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. is one of them. The zoo has three giant pandas, Tian Tian, ...

It's a day thousands of visitors to the National Zoo have been dreading for months, or possibly years. The zoo's famed giant pandas have left D.C. As crowds of hastily gathered fans looked on, the ...

When it snows, we ooh and aah over a frolicking Tian Tian. When Mei Xiang is artificially inseminated, we wait with bated breath. When it is Tai Shan's birthday, we post pictures of him devouring his ...

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 ...

Tian Tian playing in the snow. Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and their son Xiao Qi Ji will return to China by December 7. National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute This fall, the Smithsonian’s National ...

After traveling halfway around the globe, D.C.'s beloved pandas made it to their final destination in China Thursday morning, the National Zoo said. Tian Tian, 26; Mei Xiang, 25, and their youngest ...

1972: Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing (Shing-Shing), the National Zoo’s first pair of giant pandas, arrived from China in 1972 as a gift to the American people to commemorate President Nixon’s historic ...

WASHINGTON — Mei Xiang might be expecting soon. The giant panda was artificially inseminated Thursday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute by a team of scientists and ...

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WASHINGTON — The National Zoo’s panda parents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, have another son. The zoo announced Friday morning that the surviving panda cub is male and the son of the zoo’s male panda Tian ...