This story appears in the September 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. In almost every photo from our 1986 family vacation to Washington, D.C., I am showing off the souvenir I picked out ...

Getting kids to love not-so-cute critters. Teaching respect for insects, fish, and other non-mammals can have positive impacts on children’s development—and their love for the planet.

The photos, taken by photographer Ami Vitale for National Geographic, shows the pandas as they acclimate to a bold new world. 24/7 Live Los Angeles Orange County Inland Empire Ventura County ...

With its bushy tail, little-old-man eyebrows, and rust-colored coat, the red panda is difficult to resist. While in some corners of the Internet every day seems like Red Panda Day, September 19 is ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at ...

Easier said than done, though: On Monday morning, the National Zoo's panda team reported having "a challenging night." When the team "tried to swap the cubs at 11 p.m., Mei Xiang would not set ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo has detected a possible fetus in an ultrasound of its giant panda, Mei Xiang. This is a first for the zoo’s panda breeding efforts. The discovery of what ...

In 2020 it was found this has enabled two distinct subspecies of red panda to evolve, which diverged around 250,000 years ago—the more vibrant Chinese red panda, and the paler Himalayan red panda.

Almost everybody loves pandas. After a year documenting a newborn cub, a photographer remembers when she did too. Bei Bei stretches from rock to rock in his enclosure. From birth, he was a star ...