The last U.S. zoo to have pandas in its care is preparing to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall.

A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo.

China is again sending pandas to the United States to the delight of the San Diego Zoo, which is preparing to get a new pair by the end of summer.

Panda lovers in America have received a much-needed injection of hope as Chinese President Xi Jinping says his government is “ready to continue” lending the black and white icons to American zoos.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is signaling that China will send new pandas to the United States.

It only took two decades, but a rare and endangered turtle species has finally bred at the San Diego Zoo.

An aardvark cub born at the San Diego Zoo is said to be doing well and developing quickly.

A 45-year-old male river hippopotamus named Otis and nicknamed the smiling hippo has died at the San Diego Zoo.

A snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has contracted COVID-19.

A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus.

FILE - In this June 11, 2020, file photo, a sign is near the entrance to the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. A father allegedly carried his 2-year-old daughter into an elephant habitat at the zoo to take a photo with the animals, police said Friday, March 19, 2021. The elephant was not harmed, zoo officials told The San Diego Union-Tribune. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)SAN DIEGO – A father has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after he carried his 2-year-old daughter into the elephant habitat at the San Diego Zoo to take a photograph with the animals. Witness Lori Ortale told KSWB-TV she heard a woman yelling “Jose, stop” before a man jumped the fence and through the elephant enclosure.

FILE - In this June 11, 2020, file photo, Devon Prince, front, puts down a sticker to guide visitors at the San Diego Zoo once it reopens, as Emmanuel Lopez, behind, and Ariel Hayes also work, in San Diego. The San Diego Zoo vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus during the first two months of 2021, after a troop of gorillas in its Safari Park became infected. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Zoo has vaccinated nine great apes for the coronavirus after a troop of gorillas in its Safari Park became infected, officials said Thursday. The vaccinations followed a January outbreak of COVID-19 at the zoo's Safari Park. “That made us realize that our other apes were at risk,” Nadine Lamberski, chief conservation and wildlife health officer for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, told the San Diego Union-Tribune.