Just days after the Smithsonian's National Zoo first shared that one of their giant pandas might be about to give birth, the zoo provided a happy update on how Mei Xiang’s upcoming cub is doing.

Crowds felt the void left by the departure of the zoo’s resident pandas in 2023. Mei Xiang and Tian Tian left D.C. to return to China in the fall of that year. The pandas arrived in the U.S. in ...

21 marks one month since its birth Aug. 21! Watching this little one grow under the care of its amazing mother, Mei Xiang, over the past four weeks has been a bright spot in the lives of all who ...

They replaced three bears – Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji – who returned to China at the expiration of their lease in November 2023. For the last two months, the zoo has been ...