<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Pandas</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/specials/pandas?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><description>Pandas</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[The Mating Dance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26696-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26696-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's female giant panda was artificially inseminated last week.  Staff members at the zoo are "feeling good" about the chances of a cub being born in the next three to six months.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pandas 'Out of Sync' to Mate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25057-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25057-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's giant pandas made several attempts to mate, even as animal care staff prepared to turn to artificial means to try to achieve a panda cub birth.]]></description><author> .  Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Mating Season, Web-Only Access]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22132-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22132-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The National Zoo's celebrated giant pandas could have an early fling  --  anytime in the next three days  --  but the public will have to watch the annual mating ritual via the Internet.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Winter, Go Wild]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6541-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6541-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Though usually considered a summertime family outing, a trip to the National Zoo can be an unexpected treat on a winter day.]]></description><author> Hetty Lipscomb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Watch Ends Empty-Nested]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24789-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24789-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The National Zoo's female giant panda did not want to play outdoors with her mate and spent much of her days sleeping in her den. She collected bamboo, broke it into pieces and made a nest. She cradled an apple in her arms, then a pear.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Panda Cubs for Zoo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23547-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23547-2004Sep15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After weeks of monitoring the National Zoo's female giant panda for signs of pregnancy, hormone tests confirm Mei Xiang is not expecting.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hoping, but Not Necessarily Expecting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50666-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50666-2004Aug31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four months after the National Zoo artificially inseminated its female giant panda, officials there are launching a "pregnancy watch" today to try to answer a question that has become one of the zoo's favorite diversions:]]></description><author> Manny Fernandez</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Zoo, Visitors Get Hands-On]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35538-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35538-2004Jun11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It was hard to tell which activities at the National Zoo's Kids' Farm the youngsters liked best: petting miniature donkeys, watching cows get a bath or cavorting on a giant rubberized pizza.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quest for Panda Cub Turns to Science]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4345-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4345-2004May5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Veterinarians at the National Zoo artificially inseminate 5-year-old panda.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Prognosis: No Cub at Zoo This Year]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61407-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61407-2004May2.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although some frisky tumbling in the bamboo gave audiences an eyeful this weekend, the flirtations of the National Zoo's giant pandas won't produce a cub, zoo officials said Sunday.]]></description><author> Petula Dvorak</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Pregnancy Watch Begins]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59720-2004May1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59720-2004May1.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's giant pandas repeatedly attempted to mate Saturday, providing a rare spectacle for amused spectators and raising hopes for a long-awaited pregnancy.]]></description><author> Mary Beth Sheridan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work Starts on Panda Yard]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51799-2004Apr28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51799-2004Apr28.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo broke ground Wednesday on a new outdoor exhibit for its popular giant panda couple.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Duo Won't Be a Trio]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29368-2003Aug21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29368-2003Aug21.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's female giant panda, Mei Xiang, is not pregnant, zoo officials announced yesterday.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panda Pregnancy Considered Long Shot]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29254-2003Jul8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29254-2003Jul8.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo has started a "pregnancy watch" for Mei Xiang, its female giant panda, but officials say it is unlikely that she's expecting a cub.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looks Like Panda Love Is Finished -- for Now]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37928-2003Apr5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37928-2003Apr5.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The spring fling at the Panda House is over.<br>That's the conclusion the National Zoo's giant panda specialists have reached after seeing a marked change in the behavior of their prized animals -- and reviewing the latest lab results.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Date, Mate -- but Will Pandas Procreate?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31777-2003Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31777-2003Apr4.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The giant pandas mated for the first time Friday, but the encounter was so brief that the National Zoo's specialists aren't sure if it was a pairing that could produce a cub this summer or fall.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Rite of Spring: Will They or Won't They?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23411-2003Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23411-2003Apr3.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[One of Washington's favorite guessing games -- whether the giant pandas at the National Zoo will produce a cub -- resumed yesterday in a nation's capital sorely in need of a happy diversion.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mix-Ups Cited In Deaths of 2 Red Pandas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14613-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14613-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo had a fatal breakdown in communication in the months and weeks leading to the accidental poisoning of two red pandas, with the trouble reaching a point where the zoo's safety officer said he authorized burying toxic gas pellets in the animals' yard without knowing a crucial piece of information: Red pandas dig.]]></description><author> Karlyn Barker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Animals Found Dead at Zoo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44255-2003Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44255-2003Jan11.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two red pandas were found dead Saturday morning at the National Zoo and officials are investigating whether rat poison used at the zoological park may have played a role.]]></description><author> Leef Smith and D'Vera Cohn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Female Panda Now Head of Household]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29112-2002Jul31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29112-2002Jul31.html?nav=rss_metro/specials/pandas</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:43:39 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The National Zoo's two giant pandas are together again after a three-month separation stemming from a series of rough encounters, but this time she is in charge.]]></description><author> D'Vera Cohn</author></item></channel></rss>