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Pandas An An and Ke Ke celebrate their 1st Christmas in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — A pair of five-year-old pandas, named An An and Ke Ke, celebrated their first Christmas early in a Hong Kong park Monday, munching on special treats and looking cute for the cameras. An An, the male panda, was presented with an ice slab that had “Merry...
Berlin's new panda twins have been named. Meet Leni and Lotti, or Meng Hao and Meng Tian
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's new panda twins now have names — or rather, two names apiece. The two female cubs, born at the Berlin Zoo on Aug. 22, were introduced Friday as Meng Hao and Meng Tian ("beautiful dreams" and “sweet dreams”). Alternatively, they also answer to the very...
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Hong Kong will display 2,500 panda sculptures to capitalize on a local bear craze
HONG KONG (AP) — Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The 2,500 exhibits were showcased in a launch ceremony of PANDA GO! FEST...
The Bidens hosted their final Halloween trick-or-treat event. The first lady came as a giant panda
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, who dressed as a giant panda, hosted trick-or-treaters on the White House South Lawn on Wednesday for the last time. The first lady had participated in the National Zoo's announcement earlier this year that pandas would be...
The pandas have landed! Here's what you need to know
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil its newly renovated panda house to the public. When can we see...
PHOTO COLLECTION: Germany Giant Pandas
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Pandas arrive at National Zoo, but won't be ready for public debut until January
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo's long dark panda drought has come to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back to China, a new pair of bears arrived late Tuesday morning. ...
Pandas arrive in the US, next stop is the National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pandas arrive in the US, next stop is the National Zoo.Two giant pandas have started their long journey from China to Washington's National Zoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two giant pandas have started their long journey from China to Washington's National Zoo.