Editor's Note: Follow live coverage of the pandas' arrival to D.C. here. Panda-monium is back!... Or at least, on the way. A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas have begun their journey to the ...

China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after almost all the iconic bears on loan to U.S ...

SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama -- Many people including families visited a zoo in ... four adorable giant pandas on May 25, the last day of their outdoor display ahead of their return to China.

While not genetically part of either the bear or panda family, red pandas are the first species to be called “panda,” fifty years before the giant panda, according to the Zoo employees.

Pandas are considered China's unofficial national mascot. The country's giant panda loan program with overseas zoos has long been seen as a tool of Beijing's soft-power diplomacy.

Pandas are considered China’s unofficial national mascot. The country’s giant panda loan program with overseas zoos has long been seen as a tool of Beijing’s soft-power diplomacy.