Three giant pandas left their enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and departed by plane back to China on Wednesday, marking the end of more than 50 years of Chinese pandas ...

The National Zoo's three pandas, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji, began their journey from Washington D.C. to China on Nov. 8 Their lease is up. It's time for the three giant pandas at the ...

At the end of 2023, all three of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian National Zoo will travel to China. Here's what to know about their departure from D.C.

The National Zoo announced last month that its three pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their 3-year-old male cub, Xiao Qi Ji — will return to China by Nov. 15, earlier than expected.

The National Zoo’s three resident pandas are scheduled to return to China by Dec. 7, leaving one of the most popular attractions in the nation’s capital without its iconic bears for the first ...

After traveling halfway around the globe, D.C.’s beloved pandas made it to their final destination in China Thursday morning, the National Zoo said. Tian Tian, 26; Mei Xiang, 25, and their ...

This year the National Zoo is marking 50 years since the first giant pandas came to DC. (Getty Images) The zoo received its first pandas from China – Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling – in 1972 in an ...

The National Zoo will have no giant pandas for the foreseeable future after mid-November. The three are set to return to China by November 15, earlier than planned.

National Zoo’s giant pandas will head to China in three years December 7, 2020 More than 4 years ago Mei Xiang’s 8-week-old panda cub explored their indoor yard for a brief visit in the ...

The National Zoo was left without pandas for the first time in nearly 25 years when three of the bears, two adults and their cub, left in November for a nature preserve in China’s Sichuan Province.

Staff at the National Zoo say they’re hopeful China might one day send over more giant pandas. They’re even planning renovations for the soon-to-be vacant panda exhibit.