Despite decades of efforts by conservationists to aid their breeding in captivity, giant pandas still struggle significantly with natural mating. To be fair, it’s extremely challenging to mate ...

After examining the genetics of pandas in the wild and in captivity, scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology in Beijing have suggested that pandas with brown-and-white ...

whose new book “Panda Love” documents the country’s efforts to breed pandas in captivity and release them into the wild. Vitale, a photographer for National Geographic magazine, got ...

Now “pandas are one of the most genetically diverse animals in captivity,” says Wildt’s colleague, geneticist Jonathan Ballou, who developed the algorithm that the Chinese now apply to ...

mid-1970s A number of pandas in the northern part of their range are thought to be starving after a mass flowering and subsequent die-off of bamboo, as happens periodically 1974-1977 Ministry of ...

According to the country’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration, there are 673 pandas living in captivity around the world, a majority of them are in China. A total of 1,864 pandas ...

Lee said the southern Chinese city now has the largest number of pandas in captivity outside of mainland China, and the cubs’ names would be announced in the first half of this year. The pair ...

This helps red pandas stand up straight to intimidate enemies in the wild. This balancing act can be taught and encouraged in captivity as a cub matures. Flexible ankles provide further support ...

HONG KONG (AP) — Panda craze has once again gripped Hong Kong as residents compete to name the territory's first locally-born giant panda cubs who just turned six months old. The competition to ...