January is a big month for historic events in DC, but the debut of two new pandas at the National Zoo is perhaps the biggest highlight for Washingtonians. Bears Bao Li and Qing Bao will finally meet ...

Giant pandas were back in the nation's capital Tuesday after nearly a year since the National Zoo's longtime residents headed back to China. One day after departing from Chengdu in the Sichuan ...

WASHINGTON − Pandas have been deeply missed at the Smithsonian National Zoo for the past six months. But on Wednesday morning, zoo visitors learned they have something big (and furry) to look forward ...

There’s lush new sod in the National Zoo’s giant panda compound. There’s a new panda “hammock,” made out of strips of fire hose. And there are 40 new cameras in the Pandacam system. As Washington ...

A motorcade through the capital revived “panda diplomacy” between Washington and Beijing for the first time in nearly a year. By Michael Crowley and Eric Lee Reporting from Washington A pair of pandas ...

What's black, white and back in the nation's capital? Giant pandas, at last. Now, after a requisite quarantine and brief preview period for zoo members, the panda exhibit and its accompanying Giant ...