New year, new Xiao Qi Ji! Back in January 2021, our giant panda cub was a little wary during his first encounter with snow. On Jan. 3, 2022, the 16-month-old plowed face-first into the fresh ...

Panda cub Xiao Qi Ji has been enjoying the string of sunny days the D. C. area has had the past week, according to Smithsonian Zoo Officials. The 6-month-old cub reportedly runs to the wooden ...

Xiao Qi Ji, the youngest giant panda at the National Zoo, turned three on Monday. The Smithsonian celebrated the occasion in style, presenting a showstopping fruitsicle cake made with panda ...

When Xiao Qi Ji turns 4 years old, he will be rehomed to his native China as part of a breeding agreement with the US. There remain only 1,864 giant pandas on Earth, according to the World ...

It feels increasingly less accurate to call Xiao Qi Ji DC’s Baby Panda—but the one-and-a-half-year old displayed a childlike sense of fun when he ventured out into the snow Monday. In the video below, ...

The panda cub is now 3 months old. The zoo ran a contest in which the public could vote on a list of names. After five days, the zoo said nearly 135,000 votes came in, and Xiao Qi Ji was the winner.