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The United States Senate schedules a vote for noon Monday to fund the government through February 8. Since the Senate did not reach a budget compromise late Sunday evening, hundreds of thousands of federal workers will face furloughs on Monday and many federal government offices will remain closed though some facilities, such as the Smithsonian Museums and the National Zoo, are scheduled to be open.
2018-01-21

Scientists hope to revive the extinct Floreana island tortoise using a 'genetically-informed' captive breeding program with the tortoises closest ancestors.
2017-09-13

The smallest of mother Mei Xiang's two giant panda cubs born on Saturday at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. dies.
2015-08-26

Mei Xiang, a female giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., delivers two cubs. The identity of the father is not known.
2015-08-22

Chinese officials impose an emergency ban on tourists approaching pandas subsequent to the death of two pandas from a canine distemper virus.
2015-01-16

Mei Xiang, the Washington, D.C. National Zoo's adult female giant panda, gives birth to a cub, her second there, via artificial insemination.
2012-09-16

A rare giant panda born naturally in captivity at a Tokyo zoo dies after only six days, prompting widespread mourning in Japan.
2012-07-11

Ming Ming, the oldest panda in the world, dies at the age of 34 in Guangdong, China.
2011-05-17