Giant panda Bao Li is set to celebrate his 4th birthday on Monday, August 4, and the National Smithsonian Zoo will be ...

No other animal can make the giant panda’s adorable symbolism – but in China, its diplomatic power has at times been met with ...

Hong Kong is set to celebrate the first birthday of beloved giant panda twins, Jia Jia and De De, with grand festivities. The ...

Good afternoon, my lieges. Your suggested itinerary for this week is as follows: Emo bike ride—I have your least waterproof mascara at the ready—or an Oasis book without Oasis at the forefront of its ...

Get ready, Glads fans—the Atlanta Gladiators have officially unveiled their 2025-26 promotional schedule, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most exciting seasons yet at Gas South Arena.

But let’s begin with the name—because calling a panda a "bear-cat" is both endearing and puzzling. The character 熊 (xióng) simply means “bear,” and that makes immediate sense. Taxonomically, the giant ...

Graphic by Chris Panicker We’re midway through the summer, which means that several marquee music festivals have come and ...

Linda Bui’s eyes lit up as she accepted box after box of highly coveted Labubu collectibles, her arms quickly full of the lovable, stuffed monsters that often sell out. When Bui, 29, heard this ...

Now, the Shakespeare Festival is presenting “Romeo and Zooliet,” an adaptation of that book, at the zoo, through Aug. 17. In the book and the show, the zoo animals stage Shakespeare after the park ...

The panda-themed straddle-type monorail train stops at a base of Chongqing Rail Transit in Chongqing on June 16. [Photo by He Penglei/CHINA NEWS SERVICE] China's renowned "8D magic city", Chongqing, ...

China's renowned "8D magic city", Chongqing, has unveiled a new tourist attraction in the form of the country's first panda-themed straddle-type monorail train.