Panda

Boo at the Zoo at the National Zoo: The popular Halloween destination for kids and families to get their candy and exotic animal fix opens this weekend. A ticket gets you a trick-or-treat bag, after-hours access to various animal exhibits and the chance to pa…

Stop Making Sense at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: This year marks the 35th anniversary of one of the best concert films of all time. Director Jonathan Demme captur…

Prague, Beijing scrap 'sister city' deal over Taiwan row

Prague and Beijing tore up a "sister city" agreement this week after the Czech capital backed out of a clause on the so-called One-China policy denying the independence of Taiwan.Prague said Beijing demanded it respect the policy on Taiwan as a precondition f…

Giant panda Chuang Chuang Thailand's Chiang Mai Zoo, where celebrity panda Chuang Chuang lived and died, announced Wednesday on its website that the autopsy had indicated that the giant panda died from heart failure last month. "There wer…

Beijing: A giant panda whose sudden death in Thailand sparked outrage in China last month died from a heart attack, according to a Chinese government agency. China dispatched a team of experts to Thailand after 19-year-old Chuang Chuang died at the Chiang Ma…

The teeth of mammals experience constant wear. However, the details of these wear processes are largely unknown. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now demonstrated that the various areas of herbivores' teeth differ in how susceptible they are to de…

A giant panda whose sudden death in Thailand sparked outrage in China last month died from a heart attack, according to a Chinese government agency. China dispatched a team of experts to Thailand after 19-year-old Chuang Chuang died at the Chiang Mai Zoo on …

Beijing (AFP) - A giant panda whose sudden death in Thailand sparked outrage in China last month died from a heart attack, according to a Chinese government agency. China dispatched a team of experts to Thailand after 19-year-old Chuang Chuang died at the Ch…

The teeth of mammals experience constant wear. However, the details of these wear processes are largely unknown. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now demonstrated that the various areas of herbivores' teeth differ in how susceptible they are to de…