Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet - and Chinese scientists now think they know why. They say gorging on ...

When the National Zoo's last three pandas left for China last fall, it wasn't clear when — or if — D.C. would ever again be home to giant pandas. But ... surprise! In May, officials revealed that ...

Two giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, less than a year after the nation's capital said goodbye to another pair of pandas that were on loan from China. The new ...

A motorcade through the capital revived “panda diplomacy” between Washington and Beijing for the first time in nearly a year. By Michael Crowley and Eric Lee Reporting from Washington A pair of pandas ...

The panda census methodology is widely seen as flawed, and China keeps the data shrouded in secrecy. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy Dong American zoos point to a rise in the wild panda numbers — 1,864 at ...

According to the New York Post, visitors at the Shanwei Zoo realized they were being bamboozled when the so-called pandas began panting and barking. Pandas are native to China and an international ...

Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US The debut ceremony featured music, dance performances and speeches before local officials cut a ribbon and welcomed the public into the pandas’ ...

The day has finally arrived. San Diegans can finally greet two giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. Pomp and circumstance surrounded ...

Four-year-old Yun Chuan, a male panda, and Xin Bao, a female panda who's turning four in July, departed from Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, in China's Sichuan province on Wednesday. The zoo has not had ...

YA’AN, China — The first new giant pandas to arrive in the U.S. in more than two decades are traveling to San Diego from China as Beijing resumes using the black-and-white bears as a tool of diplomacy ...