SAN DIEGO, California -- The San Diego Zoo says it is going to miss the popular giant pandas, as they get ready to leave California for China. But the fact that the pandas are leaving is a reflection ...

Caretakers at Utah’s Hogle Zoo are mourning the death of Kiaria, an 8-year-old Chinese red panda. Kiaria died on Aug. 14 after her health significantly declined from gastrointestinal challenges, which ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah’s Hogle Zoo is mourning the loss of its 8-year-old red panda Kiaria. She passed away late last week, on Aug. 14, 2025. According to a press release from Hogle Zoo, Kiaria ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- For the first time in decades, San Francisco will receive giant pandas from China as part of China's Panda Diplomacy program. San Francisco Mayor London Breed shared the news on X ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Hogle Zoo is mourning the death of Kiaria, an 8-year-old Chinese red panda that died last week from gastrointestinal issues. The zoo said Kiaria died Thursday after a "rapid and ...

In contrast, China has not granted any new panda loans to the US for two decades. Pandas have served as something of an unofficial barometer of China-US relations since 1972, when Beijing gifted a ...

Bei Bei was born in Washington, D.C., but is on loan from China. The Smithsonian National Zoo’s giant panda, Bei Bei, turned four-years-old on Thursday and he almost seemed to be smiling. Broadcast ...