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Hong Kong — The giant panda, China’s national animal, is a global symbol of cuteness. But the black-and-white bears have long suffered for their irresistible qualities—poached for their pelts, ...

Strep throat is a common childhood illness. Some kids get it again and again, and a simple round of antibiotics usually clears it up. But for a small number of children, the bacteria that causes strep ...

Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have evolved several features, for example pseudo thumbs to grasp bamboo and flat ...

Ahead of the Lunar New Year, Reuters reports two Chinese panda research centers collaborated to debut their 25 newborn pandas to promote projects including protection, international exchanges and ...

Los fanáticos de los pandas gigantes ahora tienen una manera de ver las travesuras de Yun Chuan y Xin Bao en el Zoológico de San Diego desde cualquier parte del mundo, gracias al lanzamiento de la ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought has come to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back ...

We say this word multiple times a day, but what does it really mean? Two linguists took the time to explain the fascinating origin of o'clock. Read on to learn what the o in o’clock stands for and how ...

Today, "o'clock" effectively denotes hours of the day. Have you ever wondered what the letter "O" stands for in "o'clock"? The question may appear easy to answer, but the origins of this term are a ...

Ni siquiera un alcalde, un gobernador y un diplomático pudieron eclipsar el jueves a las nuevas celebridades del Zoológico de San Diego, ya que se formó una larga fila de admiradores para recibir a ...

Yun Chuan and Xin Bao have arrived safely in San Diego from China, becoming the first two giant pandas to enter the United States in 21 years, San Diego Zoo officials announced Friday. The duo will ...