After a quarter-century hosting giant pandas, Zoo Atlanta is saying goodbye to its beloved residents. The zoo announced its four giant pandas: Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun and Xi Lun will head home to China mid-October.

The pandas at Zoo Atlanta officially have a departure date. The zoo announced Friday that the four giant pandas, Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun will travel to China in the middle of next month.

Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda agreement with China is coming to an end. Zoo officials say giant pandas Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun will travel to China in mid-October 2024 when the agreement expires.

The zoo announced that pandas Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun will travel to China in mid-October 2024 as Zoo Atlanta’s agreement with China expires. Currently, the four pandas are some of the only members of their species in the United States - the others being Yun Chuan and Xin Bao at the San Diego Zoo.

After housing giant pandas for a quarter-century, Zoo Atlanta in the US state of Georgia announced Friday (Sept 20) that its four iconic black and white bears will return to China in mid-October, in tandem with the expiration of the zoo's giant panda agreement with China at the end of that month.

The pandas are part of an agreement with China that began in the mid-1990s. That was when Zoo Atlanta received Lun Lun and Yang Yang, two pandas who have since birthed seven panda cubs in Atlanta, the most recent in 2016. Five of their offspring went to China, and the remaining two at Zoo Atlanta will travel to China with their parents.

A Chinese zoo exhibit is raising controversy online after a video showed a pair of dogs with their fur colored to look like pandas.

A zoo in China is clearing the air about a viral attraction that's been making the rounds on social media: a pair of Chow Chow dogs painted to look like pandas. According to CNN, the Shanwei Zoo in China's southern Guangdong province caught the attention of social media users — specifically on Douyin,