WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they know it, they’re hooked: spending hours staring through the glass ...

The National Zoo is preparing for a pretty big reveal Friday. Video above: Pandas play in the snow at Smithsonian's National ZooThe zoo's two pandas, Bao Li and Ching Bao, will make their public ...

The debut of Bao Li and Qing Bao, the National Zoo’s newest pandas, also marks the return of a popular chronicler of the cuddly black-and-white creatures. Yes, that’s right. THE PANDA CAM IS ...

Panda fan culture once flourished in China. But Beijing is tightening control of discussion of a national symbol. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl has spent months reporting on China’s ...

Giant pandas have returned to the National Zoo in Washington, drawing joyful crowds. Two pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their public debut Friday in front of hundreds of excited fans ...

WASHINGTON — Giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) on Friday. Zoo workers ...

Even with a new administration only a few days old, Washington’s newest stars from China stole the spotlight on Friday when a pair of three-year-old giant pandas made their public debut at the ...

Even the cold wasn’t going to stop them from being here: In fact, she told the kids to don snow pants if needed. Price refers to the panda habitat as her child’s “happy place.” (Among their Christmas ...

From the gates of the famed Chengdu Panda Base, fans run to the leafy “villa” of its celebrity resident: Hua Hua, China’s most popular panda. Among them is A’Qiu, who rents an apartment ...

But rather than reaching for a simple pair of jeans or matching black pants, she took a page from Glenn Close’s book, spicing up her look with a pair of cherry red trousers. That one effortless ...