Giant pandas are back at the National Zoo and so is its popular Panda Cam! | How to tune in
WASHINGTON — Giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) on Friday. Zoo workers and city ...
Giant pandas debut to public at National Zoo, continuing historic partnership
Bao Li and Qing Bao, the two giant pandas from China, are 3 years old and arrived in October. After taking a few months to ...
National Zoo mourns death of 33-year-old gray seal Gunther
The Smithsonian National Zoo has lost one of its beloved gray seals. Gunther, a 33-year-old gray seal who had been with the Zoo since 2012, died Jan. 18. In a release, the Zoo said the average life ...
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See How the Pandas (And Other Animals) Enjoyed a Chilly Snow Day
In each of the animal habitats at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, keepers offer various forms of enrichment to keep the animals physically and mentally engaged…and on a snow day, that means snow ...
Panda mania: How these bears drive zoo visits and wildlife conservation efforts
WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they ...
Oldest rhino in the US — mom to 10 — dies after ‘extraordinary life’ at Tennessee zoo
A 56-year-old rhinoceros, the oldest in the U.S., has died in Tennessee after exceeding the median life expectancy for her ...
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Photos: See the pandas' official return to the National Zoo
Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are out of quarantine and in the spotlight after a three-month wait and 8,000 mile trip from ...
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Giant pandas debut to public at National Zoo, continuing historic partnership
The adorable animals have attracted millions of visitors to the National Zoo, ranging from first families to school field trips. The zoo's newest occupants arrived on a FedEx plane in October and ...