WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo’s 6-week-old giant panda cub is a male, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists confirmed. During the cub’s first veterinary exam Sept.

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WASHINGTON -- Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth Friday to a wiggling cub and immediately began cuddling her offspring, Washington's National Zoo said. The cub was born at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, the ...

In August, a male cub born to panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo recently got his 3-month check-up. The cub has remained nameless, so now the zoo in our nation’s capital needs help naming ...

WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian’s National Zoo is still running its "Giant Panda Cam," a live broadcast featuring pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao, on its website, despite the federal government being shut ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo community mourns the loss of the giant panda cub born Sunday, Sept. 16.

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. July 2, 2014 The latest red pandas to become parents at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are Shama and Rusty! Keepers watched Shama ...

Federal workers and poor Americans bore the brunt of the 43-day fiscal standoff, but it also took a toll on the broader economy. By Eileen Sullivan The institution operates some of the most popular ...