Read more National Zoo stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/26396/national-zoo.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:23:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63993/tai-shan-turns-4.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTai Shan, the giant panda who captivated the world as a cub, turned 4 today and celebrated with a huge birthday cake only an animal could love. The three-tiered concoction was a frozen medley of water, beet juice, shredded beets, and bamboo, WTOP reports. Tai Shan, who is now considered...http://www.newser.com/story/63993/tai-shan-turns-4.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 16:05:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59604/national-zoo-panda-not-pregnant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGiant panda Mei Xiang, whose first cub became an international superstar, is not pregnant, National Zoo officials said today. The panda, who was artificially inseminated in January, experienced her third false pregnancy in as many years, the Washington Post reports. Four-year-old Tai Shan, Mei Xiang's only cub to survive infancy,...http://www.newser.com/story/59604/national-zoo-panda-not-pregnant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 11:40:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58041/stimulus-bill-shines-on-national-zoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLuke the Lion is expecting home renovations while animals around the country are stuck with what they've got, Pro Publica reports. Luke's trick: living in the National Zoo in Washington, DC. The economic stimulus law forbids local and state outlays to zoos, but neglected to mention the National Zoo, which...http://www.newser.com/story/58041/stimulus-bill-shines-on-national-zoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 17:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58020/dc-zoos-panda-on-pregnancy-watch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Zoo’s female giant panda may be pregnant, the Washington Post reports. Volunteers are monitoring Mei Xiang around the clock after zookeepers noticed behavioral changes that indicate the mom to celebu-panda Tai Shan is expecting, including creating a bamboo den in a dark and quiet place, and cradling food...http://www.newser.com/story/58020/dc-zoos-panda-on-pregnancy-watch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 04 May 2009 11:51:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55365/pandas-better-at-crowd-pleasing-than-breeding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPandas have a lot working against them when it comes to to making babies: a once-yearly ovulation cycle, genetic inbreeding due to a limited captive population, and, apparently, some degree of ineptness at copulation itself. Zoo officials frequently see their excitement crushed by what turn out to be pseudopregnancies, and...http://www.newser.com/story/55365/pandas-better-at-crowd-pleasing-than-breeding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Apr 2009 13:38:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54294/rare-leopard-cubs-born-at-zoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Zoo just got a tiny bit cuter with the birth of two rare clouded leopard cubs at its conservation center, the Washington Post reports. The babies are the first of their endangered species, called ghost leopards for their blurry black-and-tan spots, born at the zoo in 16 years....http://www.newser.com/story/54294/rare-leopard-cubs-born-at-zoo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 11:09:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51412/whistling-orangutan-surprises-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn orangutan at Washington's National Zoo has pleased her caretakers with a unique skill—she's taken up whistling. Researchers have previously taught apes to do so, but Bonnie is different in that she started on her own, apparently by mimicking zookeepers, NPR reports. (She also imitates workers sweeping floors and...http://www.newser.com/story/51412/whistling-orangutan-surprises-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Feb 2009 8:24:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48292/panda-lovin-leaves-dc-zoo-wanting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA romantic day in the park amid inaugural hubbub wasn’t enough to propagate the genes of two famous pandas at Washington’s National Zoo, the Washington Post reports. The pair had given mating calls, prompting hopes for the conception of a new member of the endangered species, which is apparently horrible...http://www.newser.com/story/48292/panda-lovin-leaves-dc-zoo-wanting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 8:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47937/national-zoo-pleads-for-bamboo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe National Zoo is appealing for donations from landowners in the Washington area who may have stands of green crunchy bamboo stalks, reports the Washington Post . The zoo's own harvest of bamboo has failed and with the zoo's giant pandas, red pandas, elephants and gorillas eating 75,000 pounds of...http://www.newser.com/story/47937/national-zoo-pleads-for-bamboo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 7:05:00 CST