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Pandas arrive in Washington

WAP2000120689 - 06 DECEMBER 2000 - WOLONG, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA: The female giant panda Mei Xiang (pronounced may sh-ONG) was born July 22, 1998 at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong, Sichuan Province. Mei Xiang means Ã’beautiful fragrance.Ã“ rlw/SmithsonianÃ•s National Zoological Park/Jessie Cohen UPI.

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National Zoo giant panda not pregnant

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.

National Zoo seeks bamboo

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.

No new cub for National Zoo panda

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.

Mei Xian might be pregnant -- or not

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.

D.C. panda shows signs of pregnancy

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- Officials at Washington's National Zoo say there are signs that one of its beloved pandas might be pregnant.

Pandas mate with help at the National Zoo

WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. veterinarians have artificially inseminated Mei Xiang, a female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, after natural mating was unsuccessful.

National Zoo panda not pregnant

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Giant panda Mei Xiiang is not pregnant after all, say veterinarians at the U.S. National Zoo in Washington.

Zoos try cross-country panda breeding

WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- Biologists at the National Zoo in Washington are attempting to impregnate the zoo's female panda with sperm from a California donor.

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