At a 3,200-acre facility in rural Virginia, the zoo harvests over 13,000 bamboo stalks a year. The process is ramping up for ...

It’s been 24 hours since the two new giant pandas arrived at the Smithsonian National Zoo and staff said they’re already ...

For the first time in more than two decades, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is welcoming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo ...

Ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago post-asteroid impact, with leafcutter ants evolving advanced agricultural ...

The voluntary carbon market has been extremely slow to take off, partly because each participant must find a way to quantify ...

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture has donated a New Shepard rocket booster, plus a New Shepard capsule, to the ...

Two giant pandas from China have landed in Washington, marking the first time the American capital has welcomed a new set of ...

A pair of giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, arrived at Washington, DC, on Tuesday, after an approximately 19-hour trans-Pacific trip from Sichuan Province in southwest China. A dedicated "FedEx Panda ...

Smithsonian Ambassadors help visitors navigate the Smithsonian by meeting them where they are— outside roving the National Mall. The core mission of the Ambassador program is to make connections ...

Nearly a year ago, the two resident giant pandas and their cub at the National Zoo were sent back to China. Meet their ...

Two giant pandas will now call the Smithsonian’s National Zoo home after a 19-hour flight from China to Washington, D.C.