The Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved live panda camera was turned off on Wednesday amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, NBC News reported. The National Zoo stayed open during the first 11 ...

WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo in Washington is saying a final goodbye to its panda cub Bao Bao. The zoo is packing up the American-born panda for a one-way flight Tuesday to China, where the ...

D.C.'s giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao enjoyed a long-awaited snow day over the weekend. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute shared Panda Cam footage of the bears' day ...

The National Zoo's panda cub died of a combination of lung and liver problems, zoo officials announced in a press conference Thursday morning. The lungs of the six-day-old female cub were not fully ...

WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Zoo announced Thursday that its 2-week-old giant panda cub is female and her father is National Zoo panda Tian Tian. Panda mother Mei Xiang was artificially ...