Last year, the giant panda was downgraded from endangered to vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Habitat loss is the most serious threat to the animal, which is seen as an icon of global extinction ...

The Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska announced the arrival of three red panda cubs on Thursday, born on August 10, marking a major success for the zoo's conservation program. The triplets—two males ...

Giant panda Le Le also makes first public appearance in two months as park reopens special enclosure for bears.

curved claws to grip the stems Not closely related to the giant panda It is now protected in all countries in which it lives, and hunting is illegal. Yibo Hu The Chinese red panda has distinct ...

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1. Can you spot the real panda? Despite sharing a common name, red pandas are not closely related to giant pandas—often considered the real panda. Phylogenetically, the red panda falls under a unique ...

The giant panda is listed as endangered in the World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Animals. It is one of the most critically endangered species in the world. There are about ...

There is much more to these bears than meets their black-patched eyes Despite its name the giant panda is unrelated to the red panda. It is the rarest of the 8 species of bear, living in only a ...