Staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo confirmed today that female giant panda Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not give birth to a cub this year. They believe that she experienced either a pseudopregnancy ...

A giant panda in China has given birth to the heaviest cub born in captivity after the longest period in labor and elsewhere twin pandas each gave birth to twins, Xinhua news agency reported.

A team of reproductive scientists, veterinarians and animal keepers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute have determined that giant panda Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) will not ...

After leaving the San Diego Zoo early Tuesday morning, Gao Gao the giant panda is safely back in China, where he was born about 28 years ago. Gao Gao is now exploring his extensive new habitat in the ...

Nobody knows exactly how long giant panda Bai Yun has been pregnant, and there is some question about who the father is. Still, officials at the San Diego Zoo were beaming like expectant parents ...

WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo announced a $4.5 million gift Monday to fund its giant panda reproduction program for five more years. Philanthropist David M. Rubenstein visited the pandas with China’s ...

A team of three Chinese panda experts is being dispatched to Kyoto, China Daily reports, to investigate the death of a panda named Xin Xin . Xin Xin, a 14-year-old male, died last week after being ...

All seemed quiet on the panda pregnancy front yesterday, although Mei Xiang, the possibly pregnant giant panda, would not cooperate with ultrasounds attempted Friday and Tuesday, the National Zoo said ...