Panda diplomacy is over and it’s one more ding in the relationship with China. All three of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s pandas will return to China by December 7, including the young male cub Xiao ...

Three-year-old Xiao Qi Ji was one of three giant pandas from DC's National Zoo returned to China on Wednesday.Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Only four giant panda bears are left in the US. The ...

The zoo set to have the last pandas in America has sent an earnest message to China amid a recall of the animals to their home country. Zoo Atlanta—which, after December, will be the only place in the ...

The giant panda is a species of bear that is found in the mountains of central and western China. One of the most popular and ...

For the first time in more than two decades, giant pandas are en route from China to a San Diego zoo in the U.S. — a sign that Beijing is resuming its so-called "panda diplomacy" efforts as relations ...

The D.C. area is getting ready to say goodbye to three giant panda bears before they leave for China — and the National Zoo is preparing to send them off in style. The party to celebrate the bears is ...

There are constants to life in the nation’s capital: sweltering summers, political dysfunction and, for much of the last 50 years, giant pandas. Later this year, though, the three pandas living in the ...

It's time for panda diplomacy. Today, Washington is welcoming two giant pandas from China. They're all known to the Smithsonian National Zoo for 10 years. The facility is closed to visitors today ...