HONG KONG — Some of the last giant pandas in the United States are heading back to China. The National Zoo announced last month that its three pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their 3-year-old male ...

The three giant pandas at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., will be going back to China slightly earlier than planned, the zoo announced in statement on Wednesday, October 25. "Giant ...

Fifty years after giant pandas arrived in Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian National Zoo has none in its enclosures, with three of the animals departing on a 19-hour flight to China. "Goodbye, and bon ...

The Smithsonian's contract has ended after 23 years. They're leaving town -- and for millions of their adoring fans -- you could call it, well, unbearable. After more than two decades of "panda ...

The National Zoo is holding a series of panda-themed events to commemorate the departure of its only three pandas. But the looming government shutdown is threatening to spoil the party. The nation's ...

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The National Zoo's three pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji, began their journey from Washington D.C. to China on Nov. 8 Their lease is up. It's time for the three giant pandas at the ...

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There are constants to life in the nation’s capital: sweltering summers, political dysfunction and, for much of the last 50 years, giant pandas. Later this year, though, the three pandas living in the ...