In the mid-1970s, when Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing were still relatively new arrivals to Washington, China was home to an estimated 2,459 wild pandas. This figure dropped to 1,216 in the late 1980s ...

After an emotional departure from the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji have arrived in China.

Ling-Ling died suddenly in 1992, ... Aside from Xiao Qi Ji, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian produced three surviving cubs. A male, Tai Shan, was born in 2005 and sent to China in 2010.

The zoo was one of the first Smithsonian sites to return to a daily operating schedule. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the last entrance at 3 p.m., and admission remains free.

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 ...

Giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji are leaving Washington, D.C. earlier than expected, just under a month before NZCBI’s agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo says pandasXiao Qi Ji, Mei Xiang, and Tian Tian will go to China in December 2023 at the end of a three-year agreement extension made between the zoo andChina Wildlife ...

Like an ang ku kueh left out in the open for too long, it seems the ties in this family have gone a little stale. The second-generation owner of Ji Xiang Confectionery has clarified that there's ...