Giant Panda Breeding 2008 Press Kit
Current News
- National Zoo Photo Release: Recently born animals now on exhibit
Two one-month-old San Clemente goats, a two-week-old prehensile-tailed porcupine and a two-month-old greater Madagascar tenrec are now on exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. - U.S. Zoos Make Major Donation to
China's Giant Pandas
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), in cooperation with The Giant Panda Conservation Foundation (GPCF), today joined the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Zhou Wenzhong, in announcing a $165,000 donation to the China Wildlife Conservation Association to support post-earthquake panda conservation. - Sunset Serenades Shine at the National Zoo
FONZ kicks off its 24th annual summer concert series, Sunset Serenades, with a performance by legendary oldies group The Orioles. - National Zoo Giant Panda Pregnancy Update
Scientists at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo detected a secondary rise in urinary progestin levels in the Zoo’s female giant panda Mei Xiang earlier this month. The results from yesterday's test lead scientists to believe the hormone rise indicates that it would be mid- to late-July before Mei Xiang either gives birth to a cub or comes to the end of a pseudopregnancy, or false pregnancy, which is common in giant pandas. - National Zoo Photo Release: White-naped crane chick hatches
Photos available for download - First Successful Reverse Vasectomy on Endangered Species
Performed at the National Zoo
Veterinarians at the National Zoo performed the first successful reverse vasectomy on a Przewalski’s horse. Przewalksi’s horses are a horse species native to China and Mongolia that was declared extinct in the wild in 1970. - Male Bird at National Zoological Park Has Special Reason to Celebrate Father’s Day
How will the only male rhea at the National Zoo spend Father’s Day? He will spend it much like he has spent the past eight weeks: as a proud papa nurturing and caring for his four chicks born April 20. This is the first time in some 30 years that rhea chicks have hatched at the Zoo. - National Zoo Photo Release: Tammar Wallaby Joey Born
Photos available for download
- National Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center Selected as
Candidate Core Site for National Ecological Observatory Network
Following a rigorous review process, the National Zoo’s 3,200-acre Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va., was recently selected as a candidate core site for the National Ecological Observatory Network, a planned continental-scale ecological observatory. - The Votes Are In: Smithsonian’s National Zoo Kiwi Chick Will Be Named “Koa”
More than 45 percent of National Zoo Web site voters selected the name “Koa” for the Zoo’s recently hatched North Island Brown kiwi. - News Archive: 2008 l 2007 l 2006 l 2005 l 2004 l 2003 l 2002
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