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Great news, D.C. panda fans -- the lovable, bamboo-eating Chinese black-and-white bears are returning to the Smithsonian National Zoo. A new pair of pandas are set to arrive by the end of the year.
Zoo Atlanta, the last U.S. zoo with pandas in its care, expects to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall
Half a year after the nation’s capital bid an emotional farewell to its giant pandas, the National Zoo is expecting a renewed surge in panda-mania with the announcement that two more of the furry black-and-white icons will be returning to Washington. The zoo announced Wednesday that a fresh agreement had been struck with the Chinese government, and a pair of adult pandas would be arriving by the end of the year. The zoo said the incoming pair are Bao Li and Qing Bao. Giant pandas are icons in Washington and beloved around the nation and the world. Pandas have been the symbol of U.S.-Chin...
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Beijing is to give two pandas to the National Zoo by the end of the year