Panda diplomacy has a long history in China, dating back more than 1,300 years. Historical records show that the Empress Wu ...

Hundreds at zoo in Tokyo say farewell to Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao, as China ends ‘panda diplomacy’ with Japan ...

Panda diplomacy can help strengthen China’s international relationships, but it also exposes Beijing to public backlash.

The four-year-old twin giant pandas left Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo for breeding facility in China as it became the first instance in more than five decades when Japan would have no giant pandas.

Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San Francisco Zoo. It had been an unusually ...