The zoo has become famous for its unusual emergency drills. A zoo employee dressed in a snow leopard costume takes part in a drill to practice what to do in the event of an animal escape at the Tama ...

(AP) TOKYO - A baby giant panda died at a Tokyo zoo on Wednesday, less than a week after becoming the first to be born at the facility in 24 years. The birth had created excitement across Japan, and ...

"I think their names have a very bright image," Tokyo's Governor Yuriko Koike said of Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, a set of giant panda twins born in June at the Ueno Zoo Glenn Garner is a form ...

TOKYO (AP) — Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June got their names Friday — Lei Lei for the female cub, and Xiao Xiao for her brother. They were chosen from hundreds of thousands of ...

Call it "pandanomics."News of the birth of a panda at a Tokyo zoo sent shares in two local restaurant operators soaring.Ueno Zoo announced Monday that its giant panda Shin Shin gave birth to at least ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — Twin panda cubs made their ...

(AP) TOKYO - A panda has been born at a Tokyo zoo for the first time in 24 years. Tokyo's popular Ueno Zoo says the panda was born Thursday to Shin Shin. The 7-year-old mother was brought to Japan ...

TOKYO – A month ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, the city has another reason to celebrate – giant panda Shin Shin has given birth to twin cubs at Ueno Zoo, the first panda birth there in four ...

TOKYO — Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will be on display only briefly for now — over three days — due to a spike in COVID-19 cases ...

TOKYO — Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before devoted fans in Tokyo, but they will be on display only briefly for now — over three days — due to a spike in COVID-19 cases ...