3. What time does the panda house open? Given the excitement around the return of the pandas, the panda house opens at 8 a.m., a full hour before the zoo’s other indoor exhibits.

The Panda House at the National Zoo has been empty for more than a year after Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji were sent back to China in November 2023 when a previous agreement between the U.S ...

The Panda House stood empty for just over a year, until the arrival of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian in December 2000. After natural breeding efforts repeatedly failed, scientists turned to artificial ...

Bao Li and Qing Bao, two three-year-old giant pandas, arrived from China on Tuesday to Washington, D.C. aboard the Panda Express by FedEx to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Credit: WTTG ...

How early does the panda house open? What’s the best time to see the pandas awake and active? Here’s what you need to know as pandas return to D.C.