The Smithsonian National Zoo threw a large birthday bash filled with cake, treats and toys for their 4-year-old panda, marking her first party at the Washington park. Qing Bao, one of two giant pandas ...

(Pete Oxford / Minden Pictures) What do pandas want? Bamboo, first of all; that’s almost all they eat. But they also need old trees. A Chinese Academy of Science-led study of four years of ...

WASHINGTON -- The three giant pandas tumble around in their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, munching on bamboo shoots and leaves, climbing branches and generally looking ...

How does a panda celebrate his birthday? At the National Zoo, it’s by living out every four-year-old’s dream: cake for breakfast. Today, Bao Li, the giant male panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public appearance before ...

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Tian Tian, a 21-year-old male giant panda, eats a panda-friendly sweet potato pie. The Zoo's department of nutrition science made the pie out of foods that are part of the giant pandas' normal diet.