Pandas
These Extinct Pandas Once Roamed Bulgaria
The bears are a close relative of today's giant pandas and likely ate soft plant materials, not bamboo
Before Seeing 'Turning Red,' Learn These Amazing Red Panda Facts
Delight your friends with these eight surprising details about the furry creatures
Watch Giant Panda Cub Eating Sweet Potatoes, Tumbling With Toys and Tasting Snow
Celebrate Xiao Qi Ji's birthday with a look back at his first year
Smithsonian Announces the Zoo and Seven Museums Open in May
You'll finally be able to see the baby panda in person; here's our comprehensive list of what's on view and tips for visiting
Giant Panda Cub Xiao Qi Ji's Best Moments—in Video
Watch the growing bear play with enrichment toys, take his first bites of sweet potato and bamboo, and have his first encounter with snow
Watch Giant Pandas and Other Zoo Animals Frolic in the Snow
The weekend's winter snowfall in Washington, D.C. delighted the giant pandas, red pandas, Andean bears and other critters at the National Zoo
In Winter, Pandas Love to Roll in Horse Poop
To deal with crappy weather, the black-and-white bears may be slathering themselves in feces to stay warm
Smithsonian's Giant Pandas Will Continue to Cavort for Three More Years
A new agreement ensures that the Zoo’s beloved animals and the new cub can stay through 2023
The National Zoo Reveals Its New Panda Cub's Name
Members of the public voted to name the three-month-old cub Xiao Qi Ji, or "little miracle"
Pandamonium
Revisit all of the baby panda cub's cutest moments and learn more about his species
Why It Takes a DNA Test to Determine a Panda Cub's Sex
The National Zoo announces the 6-week-old giant panda is a boy
Check Out Pictures and Video of the Giant Panda Cub's First Veterinary Exam
At one-month-old, all signs point to a healthy, strong cub
Top 10 Giant Panda Cub Cam Moments
Two National Zoo curators and the panda keeper journal their favorite moments of the new cub's first days
Is There a New Baby Panda Due at the National Zoo?
An ultrasound today revealed that the National Zoo's resident giant panda, Mei Xiang, could be expecting
Panda Bears Have Teeny Tiny Babies, and We Don't Know Why
Panda moms are 900 times bigger than their cubs and a new study disputes the theory it's related to hibernation
National Zoo Says Bye Bye to Bei Bei
The giant panda recently turned four years old and will soon move to China to breed
14 Fun Facts About Giant Pandas
Mother Mei Xiang’s annual ambiguous maternal behaviors always deliver heightened anticipation at the National Zoo
For the First Time, an Albino Panda Is Photographed in the Wild
An infrared camera captured an image of the rare panda in China’s Wolong National Nature Reserve
China’s National Panda Park Will Be Three Times the Size of Yellowstone
The vast space will connect China’s fragmented panda populations, enabling the land giants to better find mates and diversify their species’ gene pool
Bamboo Is Basically 'Fake Meat' for Giant Pandas
A new study shows the bears have a nutritional profile looks more like that of wolves and cats rather than herbivores
