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The 3-year-old pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, are taking up residency at the National Zoo. Bao Li is the son of Bao Bao.

Just in time for spooky season, the U.S. Botanic Garden launched an exhibit about plants with more trick than treat. News4’s Tommy McFly takes us inside “Fierce Flora.”

The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute harvests the more than 100 pounds of bamboo the pandas may eat in a day.

A more than $25 million renovation of the giant panda habitat and the popular public camera system will offer the bears more comfort and safety.

His grandparents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, lived at the National Zoo for nearly a quarter-century and welcomed the zoo’s first-ever surviving panda cubs, including his mother, Bao Bao.

Now that pair of 3-year-old giant pandas is settling in at the National Zoo, here are quick answers to some of your most pressing questions.

Bao Li’s grandparents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived in D.C. in 2000 and lived at the National Zoo for nearly a quarter-century. Over the years, they welcomed the zoo’s first-ever surviving panda cubs.

Although the two were born in China, Bao Li has some major D.C. roots: He is the son of Bao Bao, who was born at the National Zoo in 2013.

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