However, the giant panda has been proven to be a bear – a member of the family Ursidae. Referred to as living fossils, giant pandas are unique among all other bear species, having evolved without ...

Red and giant pandas share a love for bamboo. Lesser pandas are omnivorous, with bamboo comprising about 90% of their diet. They are often hunted by snow leopards and martens, though their cubs are ...

Giant pandas have made their home at the National Zoo since 1972, when China gifted two pandas to the US as a gesture of goodwill. But after pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, and Xiao Qi Ji returned to ...

The San Francisco Zoo is accepting applications to manage its giant-panda exhibit. There’s just one catch: We still don’t know whether the pandas are actually coming to The City. One of the ...

The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., introduced its two new giant pandas to the public on Friday. Bao Li and Qing Bao are 3 years old. They're part of a conservation program and a historic ...

China owns and leases all giant pandas in U.S. zoos and the tense relationship between the two countries has regularly threatened the zoo’s acquisition of giant pandas. But on Friday ...

WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they ...

WASHINGTON – Panda-monium has returned to the nation's capital. After more than a year without their popular giant pandas, the Smithsonian's National Zoo is set to debut its two latest black-and ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, officially made their debut at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Friday morning. “We want our message to tourists to be clear ...

Washington, D.C.’s newest pandas – Bao Li and Qing Bao – will officially be introduced to the public at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Friday. Visitors will be able to see Bao Li and ...

Female giant panda Qing Bao eats bamboo in her enclosure at the National Zoo on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing ...