National Zoo pandas ready for parenthood

National Zoo Panda Cub Died of Lung and Liver Damage
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian in 2008. (Mehgan Murphy, Smithsonian’s National Zoo)

The "black-and-white rock star" of the Smithsonian's National Zoo, female panda Mei Xiang, was recovering on Apr. 30 after being artificially inseminated.