Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China. Among the best recognized but rarest animals in the world, they have come to symbolize ...

Currently, the Chinese government in conjunction with the WWF are doing all that is possible to save the giant panda. This includes further research on how to manipulate bamboo to be sturdier and ...

Xiang Xiang enjoys eating bamboo shoots. Xiang Xiang's new home is at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya'an, Sichuan Province. The area is believed to be home to ...

home to 66 pandas that lolled about and chomped on stalks of bamboo in a tranquil setting rich with vegetation. China’s giant panda loan program has long been known as a tool of Beijing’s soft ...

The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is ...

Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant ... panda to be sent from China. Pandas, which reproduce rarely in the wild and rely on a diet of ...

living in only a few mountain ranges in central China. The giant panda is well known for its vegetarianism – but don’t be fooled, despite choosing bamboo 99% of the time wild pandas are still ...

The giant panda, an icon for China, is large in size with black ... giant pandas is believed to help them camouflage in their bamboo forest habitat. Both species are visually distinct, but their ...

“Some local people say giant pandas have magic powers,” says Zhang, who directs many of China’s panda conservation ... and position it facing the forest. Bamboo-draped barriers conceal ...