At least one panda has lived in Japan since the Japanese and Chinese normalized their diplomatic ties in 1972.

Woodland Park Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two baby African lion cubs — the first born there in more than a decade — to proud first-time mother Ilanga and father Tandie.

Two hugely popular pandas at a Japanese zoo will depart on January 27 to join their sister in China, the Tokyo government and ...

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Workers at a Wakayama zoo are dressing up as pandas to give visitors a premium experience after China took back the animals from Japan.

A video released on Tuesday by the Indonesian Taman Safari park shows panda cub Rio's growth from a tiny pink baby to a panda with black and white fur.

TOKYO – Japan will be without any giant pandas after the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei at Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo will be returned to China in late January next year. The decision ...

TOKYO — Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo’s Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to China next month, worried if or when they would get to see their ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Thousands of people queued Tuesday at Tokyo’s ...

Thousands of people queued Tuesday at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens, a day after officials announced that its popular twin pandas will return to their homeland in China next month. Their departure ...