WASHINGTON – Panda-monium has returned to the nation's capital. After more than a year without their popular giant pandas, the Smithsonian's National Zoo is set to debut its two latest black-and-white ...

Tai Shan moves to China this week to participate in breeding program. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2010— -- The goodbye party was not scheduled to start until 11a.m. but the guests began arriving hours ...

Washington, D.C., is losing a local celebrity: Tai Shan the panda goes back to China on Thursday. He was fondly known as "the butterstick," because he was that small when he was born in the Washington ...

Panda-monium has been in full swing the last several months for seemingly everyone in the D.C. area. Even former First Lady Jill Biden dressed up as a giant panda last Halloween! The Smithsonian ...

WASHINGTON — Months after the nation’s capital bid an emotional farewell to its giant pandas, the National Zoo is expecting a renewed surge in panda-mania with the announcement that two more of the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi ...

Scientists at the National Zoo say their female giant panda's hormones are rising, which indicates she may be pregnant or -- if history offers an example -- experiencing a false pregnancy. Mei Xiang ...

This article was originally published by public radio station KDLL and is republished here with permission. KENAI — A Washington cat walks into a shipping container. More than a week and 2,500 miles ...