One zoo was recently shamed after visitors realised the "pandas" in the enclosures were actually painted dogs. Images show pooches with black ears, limbs, and dark circles around their eyes - but ...

Back in 2014, one Italian circus troupe also painted chow chow dogs to make them resemble the black and white bamboo eaters. Attendees could pay to have photos with the 'pandas' before the scheme ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Although giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived at their new home on Connecticut Avenu at the National Zoo Tuesday afternoon, officials say the pandas won't make their ...

When I was a kid growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, it was always a big treat to visit the National Zoo pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, on school field trips or with my parents.

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into nature. It hasn’t gone as planned. Scroll to continue Chengdu ...

Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) staff hold an event to media regarding the arrival of two giant pandas from China, male Bao Li and female Qing Bao, at the ...

Two giant pandas arrived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, less than a year after the nation's capital said goodbye to another pair of pandas that were on loan from China.

China has long been in the spotlight for questionable practices in its zoos, with allegations of featuring fake animals, such as dogs painted to resemble pandas or wolves masquerading as exotic cats.

Last fall, the question was: Will D.C. ever get pandas again? The answer came in May: Yes! After that, the question was: When will D.C.'s new pandas arrive? That answer came yesterday: Today!

Get set for more panda-monium in DC. Two giant pandas are headed to Washington’s National Zoo from China about 11 months after the facility returned three beloved bears — Mei Xiang ...

The Pandas Have Landed! Here's What You Need to Know WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's newest power couple, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are settling into their new home at the National Zoo. The giant ...