WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian National Zoo’s 6-week-old giant panda cub is a male, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) scientists confirmed. During the cub’s first veterinary exam Sept.

In August, a male cub born to panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian National Zoo recently got his 3-month check-up. The cub has remained nameless, so now the zoo in our nation’s capital needs help naming ...

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While the Zoo was closed, staff members captured some rare scenes of the animals experiencing the falling snow.

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 ...

It's a boy? It's a girl? Well, it's a panda cub! We weren't sure if we'd ever see this day again, but the National Zoo's female giant panda, Mei Xiang, gave birth to a panda cub Sunday night -- her ...