Antwon Hines has given his last bear hug. At least in costume at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Hines served for years as the mascot of the zoo's popular exhibit, embodying the iconic black-and-white ...

Smithsonian's National Zoo panda mascot hangs up costume after years of 'bear' hugs Antwon Hines worked as the panda mascot for the Smithsonian's National Zoo for years, but retired ahead of the bears ...

There are some pandas the government just won’t like. Take Montreal’s “Anarchopanda”* for example, which is a person in a large panda costume that has apparently become the unofficial mascot of ...

The “Ferrari” of all giant panda costumes will join 2,500 bear sculptures on the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui on Saturday, interacting with visitors and helping to promote the real deal at Ocean ...

Beijing has released its mascot for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games – a smiling giant panda wearing a suit made to resemble ice. The panda is named Bing Dwen Dwen – in Mandarin, “bing” means ice and ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China has chosen its most iconic animal - the panda - to be the official mascot of the Beijing Olympics in 2022, the Winter Games organising committee announced on Tuesday (Sept 17).

The panda that became the mascot of last year's Quebec student protests has been reunited with its head. Montreal police seized the head of the panda costume last Friday during a downtown protest ...