Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popular panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao will depart from a Tokyo zoo for China, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears ...

A giant panda that spent 20 years in the United States has returned to China, gaining 20 kilograms over two years. Latest images of the panda in January this year showed a drastic improvement in its ...

The pandas' abrupt return was announced last month during a diplomatic spat between Japan and China Well-wishers waited for hours on the streets lining the Japanese zoo to say their final goodbyes to ...

When tensions soar, like with Japan, there is anger among nationalist circles over the alleged mistreatment of a cherished Chinese symbol in foreign hands.

For half a century, giant pandas have been a top attraction at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. But within a matter of months, the three pandas living there will head back to China, ...

Beijing’s panda recall from Tokyo is a soft-power signal with hard implications, revealing how Taiwan, elections and defense ...

BEIJING, China — Giant pandas are no longer an endangered species thanks to conservation efforts, Chinese officials announced this week. Cui Shuhong, the head of the Ministry of Ecology and ...

Two hugely popular pandas are set to depart from a Tokyo zoo for China on Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in more than 50 years. Panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao ...