What’s black and white and full of birthday cake? The National Zoo’s Bao Li, who celebrated his fourth birthday Monday in D.C. with dozens of adoring fans watching. The crowd gave muffled gasps, ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Bao Li, one of two of the District’s beloved giant pandas, celebrated his fourth birthday Monday morning with a “beary” special treat. Panda keepers at the Smithsonian ...

The closures would affect some of the most popular tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.—including the National Museum of Natural History, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo—which have ...

WASHINGTON -- The three giant pandas tumble around in their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, munching on bamboo shoots and leaves, climbing branches and generally looking ...

WASHINGTON -- The baby giant panda at Washington's National Zoo was very talkative during the little cub's very first veterinary exam, two days before turning a month old. The Smithsonian, which runs ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — National Zoo’s giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, arrived from China on Oct. 15 with a huge amount of fanfare. The arrival brought an end to a void that lasted nearly a year ...

Businesses that rely on visitors to the National Zoo are battling a stark and increasingly prolonged decline in sales as the ...

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- Bei Bei, a giant panda cub who lives at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, took his first steps on Monday. Mei Xiang, Bei Bei's mother, watched his wobbly progress ...

WASHINGTON -- Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth Friday to a wiggling cub and immediately began cuddling her offspring, Washington's National Zoo said. The cub was born at 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time, the ...

Bei Bei was born in Washington, D.C., but is on loan from China. The Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda, Bei Bei, turned four-years-old on Thursday and he almost seemed to be smiling. Broadcast ...