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 ...

Normally confidential contracts show that U.S. zoos are accepting increasingly strict terms governing panda cams and public statements. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl reviewed about 10,000 ...

The Panda Express has landed! A specially outfitted FedEx plane landed Tuesday morning at Dulles International Airport with some VIP passengers: a pair of 3-year-old pandas who will take up ...

Male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, both 3 years old, will fill the large void left at the National Zoo’s now-renovated panda exhibit when their predecessors – a couple that had been there for 24 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought seems to be coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their ...

The documents, when compared with past panda contracts, reportedly reveal how American zoo administrators are handing over authority to China’s state-run Wildlife Conservation Association just ...

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 ...

A live "giant panda cam" from the San Diego Zoo is available online and allows people around the globe to view the daily lives of the new giant panda bears, Xin Bao and Yun Chuan. The livestream ...

“Panda diplomacy” has returned to the United States in earnest — with San Diego leading the way. The San Diego Zoo announced on Tuesday that it has launched its giant panda live cameras ...

The lapse had raised concerns among panda enthusiasts that Beijing might be withdrawing its beloved 'diplomatic gifts' amid increasing diplomatic tensions. Male giant panda Bao Li is prepared for ...

Those who want to see Xin Bao, the four-year-old female, and Yun Chuan, the five-year-old male, in person can still do so at Panda Ridge in the San Diego Zoo. The launch of the panda cam comes ...

The FedEx cargo plane dubbed "Panda Express," carrying Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 3 years old, landed at Washington Dulles Airport at 9:53 a.m. Tuesday. Please note: The above video is from an ...