The National Zoo’s week-old giant panda cub, born last week to the delight of the zoo and the Washington region, died Sunday morning, the zoo announced. Keepers heard “distressed vocalizations” from the female giant panda, Mei Xiang, about 9:17 a.m. Sunday and realized “this is not right, this is not good,” zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said. Read full article >>