Tai Shan Panda Cub First Time Outside
Tai Shan, the giant panda cub at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, ventured outside for the first time on December 22, 2005 under the close eye of his mother, Mei Xiang. The five-month-old cub explored his outdoor exhibit yard, climbed on fallen trees and wrestled with his mother. (UPI Photo/Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian's National Zoo)
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WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- Zookeepers in Washington say they have their ducks in a row just in case their giant panda Mei Xiang becomes pregnant.
WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- Officials at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington announced Wednesday that the zoo's giant female panda Mei Xiang may be pregnant.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- National Zoo officials in Washington said a female panda may be about 40 days from delivering a cub -- or she may be nearing the end of a false pregnancy.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- Officials at Washington's National Zoo said female panda Mei Xiang showed no signs of pregnancy during an ultrasound exam Monday but it may be too soon to tell.
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The Smithsonian National Zoological Park says Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Washington zoo, is not pregnant.
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WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Behavioral changes exhibited by the Washington National Zoo's giant female panda have put zoologists on a pregnancy alert, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The National Zoo in Washington issued a public appeal Wednesday for bamboo after the food supply for the zoo's giant pandas became dangerously low.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, won't be giving birth to a cub this year as initially thought, zoo staff say.
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Scientists at the U.S. National Zoo say it might be mid- or late July before they can definitely determine if giant panda Mei Xian is pregnant.
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