Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to four giant pandas who will be heading to China in a couple of weeks. Zoo Atlanta is hosting a “Panda-Palooza” event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with special activities wishing the giant pandas farewell. Giant pandas Lun Lun and Yang Yang arrived at Zoo Atlanta in 1999 and are parents of Ya Lun and Xi Lun.

Zoo Atlanta has been home to several giant pandas -- including the first twins born in the United States in over a quarter century -- for the last 25 years.

Panda-monium broke out at Chong­qing Zoo after a keeper accidentally slammed the door of an enclosure on the paw of a panda, triggering it to chase and tackle her in a heart-stopping encounter that lasted around 40 seconds.

The central government gifted Hong Kong with its first pair of giant pandas in 1999, however, both pandas passed away in 2016 and 2022 at the ages of 38 and 35, respectively. Jia Jia, which died at 38 in 2016, was the world's longest-living captive giant panda.

A pair of giant pandas that have been in Japan for 13 years on loan left a Tokyo zoo on Sunday to return to China for treatment, as t

The giant pandas at Zoo Atlanta are preparing to go home to China. People lined up for hours Saturday to say goodbye to the beloved animals at the zoo’s “Panda-Palooza” event, where attendees got to write farewell message cards to the pandas.