Giant pandas are found only in China. They were once widespread in southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and North Vietnam. Today there are confined to temperate forest scattered ...

The Zoo has been home to giant pandas since 1972! Mel Songer The Smithsonian's National Zoo has been home to giant pandas for 50 years! Enjoy these 50 fun facts in ...

Scientists long debated whether pandas are a type of bear, raccoon, or something all their own. Through studying their DNA, scientists have confirmed that pandas are related to bears. Giant pandas are ...

Hertfordshire Zoo has welcomed a young female red panda as part of a breeding programme to try to boost numbers of the endangered species. Nila, who is 17 months old, was born in Slovakia and has been ...

Sept. 20 (UPI) --Pandas are notoriously slow reproducers. That's why it's a problem when pandas get too cozy. According to a new study, published Monday in the journal Conservation Biology, pandas can ...

Researchers are raising concerns that when wild pandas live the high life in manmade landscapes, they get too comfortable to bother mating. No sex, of course, means no offspring, putting the species ...

The Smithsonian National Zoo is giving the public a new look at pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao getting acclimated to their new habitat in the District. The zoo released a video clip showing the 3-year-old ...

While they share their name with black-and-white giant pandas, they are not closely related. Previously, red pandas were classified as part of the Procyonidae family, which includes raccoons and their ...