A group of pandas is called an embarrassment, a cupboard or a bamboo. A group of zebras is known as a zeal of zebras. Pandas are no longer considered endangered, as they are now "vulnerable." Baby ...

Pandas, with their adorable faces and signature black-and-white coats, seem like they belong in the world of children’s ...

It almost feels unreal: DC without pandas. Since Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, the National Zoo’s first giant pandas, arrived as a gift from China in 1972, the National Zoo has scarcely spent a year ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the ...

Alexia was a normal 4-year-old when she suddenly became defiant and explosive. Alexia Baier was an eager-to-learn, 4-year-old girl beginning pre-K in a suburb outside of Chicago. She thrived ...

Pandas: They’re endangered, a little bit goofy — and also play an important role in geopolitical brinkmanship. Yahoo News explains “panda diplomacy,” the practice in which the Chinese government loans ...

More than 50 years after the first pair of giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo, Washington’s beloved furry creatures are heading back to China. According to the Washington Post, the three pandas ...

Baby pandas, born the size of a stick of butter, grow to become two to three hundred pounds; yet they remain proficient tree climbers that consume 26 to 84 pounds of bamboo daily, according to ...

Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) staff hold a media event regarding the arrival of two giant pandas from China, male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, at the National ...