Qizai, the world's only captive brown giant panda, attracts visitors at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in Xi 'an, Shaanxi province, Feb. 9, 2025.

However, a brown panda variant also exists ... it’s the only recognized giant panda subspecies. There are only about 200 to 300 Qinling pandas living in the wild. If that sounds dangerously ...

Qizai is a 7-year-old brown panda and is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world. He lives at the Foping Panda Valley in China. When he was younger, he was abandoned by his mother and ...

PHOTO Roshan Patel TOP RIGHT Giant pandas are one of the most popular attractions at the National Zoo, which draws an estimated 2 million visitors per year (photo from 2023). PHOTO Skip Brown BOTTOM ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to clamber up trees when they are just 6 months old. They can also swim and, unlike most other bears, do not hibernate for months at ...

HONG KONG, — 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 ...

Hong Kong-born giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance to media in Ocean Park during a greeting ceremony in Hong Kong, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei) HONG KONG ...