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China's Xi says pandas will soon arrive in Atlanta as part of 'panda diplomacy' tradition

The zoo, which previously housed pandas from 1999 to 2024, announced an agreement in ​April with the China Wildlife Conservation Association to host the two bears.

ILLUSTRATIVE: Seven-month-old male giant panda cub Satrio Wiratama, known as Rio, is pictured at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia in Bogor, West Java, on June 20, 2026. Rio is the first panda cub born in Indonesia via artificial insemination from a breeding pair brought from China in 2017.
Therapy dog Panda rescued by Israel Police.

Panda the therapy dog stolen from central Israel, held for ransom near Ramallah in the West Bank

 Giant Panda Ai Bao holds her baby panda with mouth after giving birth to twin at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, July 11, 2023.

Panda diplomacy: Pandas caught up in Japan-China political storm over Taiwan

 Roxie, the baby red panda.

Roxie, a 3-months-old baby red panda, died of fireworks-induced stress


Pandas use scent, feces as form of social networking - study

Pandas are big users of social media, according to a recent scientific study. Scent-marking trees serve as a panda version of Facebook.

 A giant panda in the Wolong nature reserve in China's Szechuan Province checks on recent social postings on a scent-marking tree.

Giant panda in South Korea gives birth to healthy twin cubs

A giant panda named Ai Bao gave birth to healthy twin cubs at a theme park in South Korea.

 Giant Panda Ai Bao holds her baby panda with mouth after giving birth to twin at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, July 11, 2023.

Rare albino panda spotted in the wild

The Wolong National Nature Reserve released footage of the albino panda, where the albino panda can be seen approaching a mother panda and its baby in a tree.

 A giant panda eats bamboo inside an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on a hot summer day in the capital Moscow, Russia June 7, 2019.

'Bulgarian panda' may have been Europe's last panda species - study

This ancient panda relative would likely have lived in the swampy forests of modern-day Bulgaria six million years ago, eating a mostly vegetarian diet.

 A giant panda eats bamboo inside an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on a hot summer day in the capital Moscow, Russia June 7, 2019.

Pandas don't actually have thumbs, but a 'greatly enlarged wrist bone' - study

Researchers believe that the bone structure in pandas' wrists are connected to the type of diet they've had for the past couple million years.

 A giant panda eats bamboo inside an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on a hot summer day in the capital Moscow, Russia June 7, 2019.

Panda in the Smithsonian zoo gives birth to cub in landmark occasion

Mei Xiang is the oldest panda in the US, and the second oldest panda known to have given birth.

Panda Tai Shan

Two pandas finally mate after 10 years, during zoo closure amid coronavirus

Since the park's shutdown, staff began to notice certain behaviors that would indicate the two pandas were entering the breeding season.

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin