TOKYO – Japan will be without any giant pandas after the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo will be returned to China in late January next year. The decision ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

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CHENGDU -- A wild giant panda has been captured on video for the first time in Dawei township administered by the city of Emeishan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, highlighting the area's ...

Smokey Bear. Ham the Space Chimp. Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling. Not many animals reach celebrity status, but it’s a bit of a tradition here at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. In January, we rolled out ...

SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. - The Lehigh Valley Zoo is celebrating a very special birthday on Saturday. The red panda siblings are turning two-years-old. Their names are Cosmo and Meeka, and the Zoo first ...

A day after news broke that Japan would soon lose its last two giant pandas to China, thousands of fans flocked to Tokyo's ...

China sent the first pair of pandas to Japan in 1972 to mark the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to ...

The cub was born on Nov. 27 at the Taman Safari Indonesia wildlife park in Bogor, West Java, to giant panda pair Cai Tao and Hu Chun. Both pandas arrived in the park in 2017 under a 10-year joint ...