Staff at Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the District are mourning the death of a male gray seal, Gunther, at the age of 33, the zoo said. Keepers first noticed Gunther’s lack of appetite and ...

The obscure panda only emerged as a national ... Zoo officials repeatedly dismissed such accusations, attributing Ya Ya’s fur loss to a genetic skin disease – a conclusion shared by Chinese ...

The obscure panda only emerged as a national ... Zoo had mistreated its pandas as a deliberate snub to China. Zoo officials repeatedly dismissed such accusations, attributing Ya Ya’s fur loss to a ...

A pair of giant pandas made their highly-anticipated American debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This marks the return of a tradition between the United States and China ...

Giant panda Bao Li eats an apple during the panda public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington ... Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon made a historic trip to China.

Two giant pandas made their public debut on Friday at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Bao Li and Qing Bao are in separate enclosures and spend most of their day eating bamboo ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The wait is over! The Smithsonian National Zoo’s newest giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their public debut Friday, promising a day of “pandamonium” for visitors.

WASHINGTON — Three-year-old panda bears Bao Li and Qing Bao made their official public debut Friday at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute to great fanfare from the ...

It’s panda-monium in DC again. Two giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in the nation’s capital Friday — more than a year after the ...