Tai Shan, 4, was the first Giant Panda to be born at the National Zoo. Dec. 4, 2009 — -- Time's up for Washington, D.C.'s furriest celebrity. Four-year-old Tai Shan, the first surviving Giant ...

WASHINGTON – When D.C.’s beloved Tai Shan left the U.S. for his new home in China two years ago, Washington-area residents were heartbroken to be losing their baby panda. Tai Shan, which means ...

The Friends of the National Zoo will host a "Farewell to Tai Shan" party at the end of the month before the 4-year-old giant panda is sent to China. The group announced Thursday that it will hold the ...

Nicole Meese Has Taken Care of the Panda Ever Since He Was Born Feb. 4, 2010— -- The following is a first person account by zookeeper Nicole Meese, the principal keeper of Tai Shan, the ...

YA'AN, Sichuan - Tai Shan, the United States-born giant panda, has been in his new Chinese home for just six months, but already his keepers want him to earn his keep - by starting a family. But first ...

Qiang Qiang, Hua Sheng, Butterstick—Tai Shan by any other name is still the adorable giant panda that Washington has grown to love. But now it seems our time with the furball is finally coming to an ...

Every morning without fail, Elise Ney turns on a webcam that broadcasts live giant panda Tai Shan's life in the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC. It is a ritual Ney has been performing since ...

Tai Shan the panda -- so cute and widely beloved during his early years at the Washington National Zoo, now a lumbering near-adult recently dispatched to his ancestral homeland -- has just come out of ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two giant pandas born in American zoos were headed to China by special ...

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Tai Shan, the National Zoo's youngest panda bear, celebrated his fourth birthday chowing down on a frozen treat made from water, shredded beets, beet juice and, of course, the animal's favorite snack ...

Washington is getting an early holiday gift this year. There are brand new pictures of the National Zoo's giant panda cub, Tai Shan, who made his debut Tuesday morning before the media. He will turn 5 ...