The Latest Breaking News from the National Zoo

The departure of Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji at the National Zoo means the only giant pandas left in the United States are at the Atlanta Zoo. The first live panda seen in the United States arrived at Brookfield Zoo in 1937.

Two giant pandas and their cub are headed from the National Zoo in Washington to China

The National Zoo’s three three celebrity pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected

October 4 was celebrated as International Zookeeper's Day.

Since the Tang Dynasty (618–907), China has given or lent pandas to other countries, but now many are headed back home.

The National Zoo’s three giant pandas are set to return to China in early December with no public signs that the 50-year old exchange agreement struck by former President Richard Nixon will continue

For 50 years, China and the U.S. have enjoyed "panda diplomacy." But that is at real risk of being decoupled.

Through the rest of the month, the zoo is inviting the public to commemorate the departure of the three giant pandas who will return to China in December. A shutdown could kill the party's finale.

Teenage boys Ubuntu and Eco are big in size and big in personality.

Pandas are the most adorable creatures. There, we said it.

Watch as keepers at the National Zoo in Washington DC present a birthday cake and other goodies to their giant panda, Mei Xiang, on her 25th birthday.