Giant pandas play with snowballs at Chongqing Zoo in Chongqing, China, Jan. 11, 2025.

Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Smithsonian National Zoo Friday said giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao make their public debut Jan. 24.

That sound had been absent from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for almost a year, until Qing Bao and her male companion, Bao Li, also 3, arrived from China on Oct. 15. Now the gnawing has ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) –The countdown is officially on and it’s time to get your panda gear ready! The Smithsonian’s ...

The nonprofit that runs the zoo said the plans remain tentative and are dependent on securing Mayor Daniel Lurie's support.

Giant pandas are returning to the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., later this month.

Husband mauled to death by tiger in front of wife and child In 2017, a young Chinese man was killed by a tiger in front of his horrified wife and child after getting dragged into its zoo enclosure.

On the chilly morning, panda keeper Lally was putting Qing Bao (ching-BOW) through some training exercises, continuing to ...

Wind power provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe last year, but the capacity built during the year was less than half of what is needed to meet the European Union's 2030 energy and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The holiday lights are still shining bright at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, now in honor of Lunar New Year. The after-hours experience, "Illuminature," features Chinese lanterns ...