Pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, will leave their enclosure in DC next year. During their time at the National Zoo, staff tried to get Mei Xiang and Tian Tian to mate.

Here’s what we do know: On March 1, Mei Xiang was successfully artificially inseminated with the semen of her mate Tian Tian, which puts her smack dab in the window of a potential birth this summer.

The Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved giant pandas arrived in China on Thursday, the zoo said, after the beloved animals 23 years in the U.S. The pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, were on loan for ...

Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian took full advantage of the winter wonderland left behind by Washington D.C.'s recent snow storm No one is having a better snow day than the giant pandas at the ...

When it snows, we ooh and aah over a frolicking Tian Tian. When Mei Xiang is artificially inseminated, we wait with bated breath. When it is Tai Shan's birthday, we post pictures of him ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Smithsonian’s National Zoo bids a bittersweet farewell to its treasured giant pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xioa Qi Ji Wednesday. Zoo officials announced they will ...

See About archive blog posts. Washington’s beloved pandas, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, will be allowed to stay at the Smithsonian National Zoo for five more years, Chinese officials announced ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo's three current pandas, Mei Xiang (May-SHONG), Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN) and Xiao Qi Ji (SHIAU-chi-ji), were loaded into special crates Wednesday morning for a 19 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJLA) - The Smithsonian National Zoo says pandas Xiao Qi Ji, Mei Xiang, and Tian Tian will return to China in December 2023 at the end of a three-year agreement extension made ...

MEMPHIS, TN / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2023 / FedEx Corporation / Today, three giant pandas, including 25-year-old Mei Xiang, 26-year-old Tian Tian, and their three-year-old cub, Xiao Qi Ji ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — After an emotional departure from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and Xiao Qi Ji have arrived in China aboard the FedEx Panda ...