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Pandas are ready for primetime in Washington, D.C.! Bao Li and Qing Bao, the giant pandas who moved from China to the National Zoo in October, are finally ready to meet their fans. The Giant Panda ...

The Giant Panda may be one of the most recognizable endangered species on our planet, but the daily lives of wild pandas remain a mystery, until now. Filming over three years, two Chinese ...

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Not even the Middle Kingdom’s mascot is safe from Chinese counterfeit rings. A zoo in China sparked all out panda-monium after they dressed dogs as pandas because they didn’t have the genuine artifact ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet - and Chinese scientists now think they know why. They say gorging on ...

September 20, 2025 is International Red Panda Day. These medium-sized mammals are not pandas at all and are more closely related to weasels and raccoons. CREDIT: Fabian Muehlberger / Red Panda Network ...

On Sept. 16, after five years of trying, a female giant panda at Smithsonian’s National Zoo finally gave birth to her second cub. Zookeepers were overjoyed; director Dennis Kelly called it “a great ...

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