Panda-monium is expected at the San Diego Zoo Thursday with the debut of the first giant panda bears to arrive in the United States in 21 years. The zoo will open its Panda Ridge exhibit on ...

Panda Portraits: A Look Back at San Diego's Beloved Bears August 2, 2005: Su Lin was born to Bai Yun and Gao Gao as their second cub, and the third to be successfully raised in San Diego.

One of the pandas being considered, Owen told AP, is a descendant of Bai Yun and Gao Gao, two of the San Diego Zoo’s former inhabitants. San Diego Zoo has been without any giant panda since 2019.

The move is a boost for “panda diplomacy” after the return of multiple bears to China last year raised concerns that U.S. zoos could soon have none at all.

China plans to bring back "panda diplomacy" by sending a new pair of giant panda bears to the San Diego Zoo, after most of the pandas in America were sent home.

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at ...

(Read about a Thai zoo that turned to "panda porn" to get its bears in the mood.) The San Diego Zoo's panda pair, Bai Yun and Gao Gao, have mated naturally and are parents to several cubs.

Panda-monium is expected at the San Diego Zoo Thursday with the debut of the first giant panda bears to arrive in the United States in 21 years.

Panda-monium is expected at the San Diego Zoo Thursday with the debut of the first giant panda bears to arrive in the ... who was born at the San Diego Zoo in 2007 to parents Bai Yun and Gao Gao.