WASHINGTON -- The baby giant panda at Washington's National Zoo was very talkative during the little cub's very first veterinary exam, two days before turning a month old. The Smithsonian, which runs ...

WASHINGTON D.C. -- When Mei Xiang went in for an ultrasound on Friday, her results were shared around the world. The 22-year-old giant panda could deliver a cub in the next few days, the Smithsonian's ...

This video is no longer available. What’s black and white and full of birthday cake? The National Zoo’s Bao Li, who celebrated his fourth birthday Monday in D.C. with dozens of adoring fans watching.

I'm taking the liberty of posting this as a new and very brief essay to follow up on one that I wrote last week about this panda birth because this tragic death of the young panda (see also for ...