WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they ...

The wait is over! The Smithsonian National Zoo's newest giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are set to make their public debut ...

Friday's debut of new pandas at the National Zoo in D.C. is the latest chapter in a long tale of "panda diplomacy" between ...

Starting Jan. 24, members of an adoring public can visit the new bear pair in their renovated habitat on Asia Trail ... The National Zoo’s panda story began in 1972 when former First Lady Pat Nixon ...

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Pandas are ready for primetime in Washington, D.C.! Bao Li and Qing Bao, the pandas who moved from China to the National Zoo ...

The zoo worked closely with Chinese experts to transform the panda habitat into a panda paradise, complete with fresh landscaping, a new pool and stimulating climbing structures. Matthew Sellers ...

That’s what he told PEOPLE with a smile as he took a break from helping build Habitat for Humanity houses in Nashville, Tenn. For 36 years, he and wife Rosalynn Carter have led an annual build ...

The giant panda is considered an “umbrella species”, which means that conserving panda habitat benefits many other animals and plants that also live in bamboo groves. Famously, giant pandas ...

In this third installment, we enter rural communities that overlap with the giant panda's habitat, where residents now hold the new identity of panda guardians. Since the establishment of the ...

After Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter linked themselves to Habitat for Humanity, it grew and built homes for millions. Now, their cause is a national crisis. By Jack Healy Former President Jimmy Carter ...