Xiao Qi Ji, a 16-month-old panda, impressively trotted and slid on his belly in the snow in a video captured by the Smithsonian's National Zoo Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE.

During the Cold War, governments around the world continued to view zoos through an ideological lens. This was especially ...

Three-year-old Bao Li and Qing Bao made a new home at the zoo after the previous panda tenants, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, returned to China when their lease expired in ...