Throughout this undeniably terrible year, pockets of levity provided a brief respite from the bleakness. The chief arbiter of joy in 2020? Xiao Qi Ji, the National Zoo’s baby panda. Without further ...

When a panda baby is born, it looks more like a naked mole-rat (minus the teeth) than an adult panda. It’s hairless, as small as a stick of butter and lacks the distinctive black-and-white coloring of ...