China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its use of the animals for soft power abroad against the demands of an adoring ...

WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they ...

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Pandas are ready for primetime in Washington, D.C.! Bao Li and Qing Bao, the pandas who moved from China to the National Zoo ...

The zoo worked closely with Chinese experts to transform the panda habitat into a panda paradise, complete with fresh landscaping, a new pool and stimulating climbing structures. Matthew Sellers ...

That’s what he told PEOPLE with a smile as he took a break from helping build Habitat for Humanity houses in Nashville, Tenn. For 36 years, he and wife Rosalynn Carter have led an annual build ...

The giant panda is considered an “umbrella species”, which means that conserving panda habitat benefits many other animals and plants that also live in bamboo groves. Famously, giant pandas ...

In this third installment, we enter rural communities that overlap with the giant panda's habitat, where residents now hold the new identity of panda guardians. Since the establishment of the ...

After Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter linked themselves to Habitat for Humanity, it grew and built homes for millions. Now, their cause is a national crisis. By Jack Healy Former President Jimmy Carter ...

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear in articles. This year, tidbits about grudge-holding crows, the first-ever first kiss and George ...

When Jimmy Carter swung a hammer for Habitat for Humanity, it wasn't just a photo-op. Carter, the 39th president of the United States and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, died on Sunday at the age ...