Businesses that rely on visitors to the National Zoo are battling a stark and increasingly prolonged decline in sales as the ...

Giant pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, star attractions at France's Beauval Zoo, will head to retirement in China next month, ...

The original soft power couple from post-war China was a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Qi Qi, sent to the Soviet Union ...

The closures would affect some of the most popular tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.—including the National Museum of Natural History, the Air and Space Museum, and the National Zoo—which have ...

It is not clear how long the Smithsonian’s national zoo, which is home to two giant pandas, will stay open during a government shutdown The US government shutdown threatens to cancel flights, weddings ...

The National Zoo and National Air and Space Museum called off their popular annual Halloween kids’ events, a disappointment for many D.C.-area families as the government shutdown hit two weeks with no ...

CHENGDU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 October 2025 – From October 24 to 27, Chengdu, China, hosted the "Invitation from the Hometown of Pandas–Chengdu Panda Week" series of events in Frankfurt ...

The Smithsonian Institution drew on prior year funds to stay open for 11 days after the shutdown began on Oct. 1.

Panda Bao Li eats bamboo at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 28. The zoo, as well as other Smithsonian facilities, will be closed beginning on Oct. 12 as the government ...

The U.S. government shutdown is affecting thousands of federal workers across the Washington, D.C., area, and it’s also leading some popular museums and sites to close temporarily. Some of D.C.'s ...

CHENGDU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 October 2025 – From October 24 to 27, Chengdu, China, hosted the "Invitation ...