This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Though today giant pandas are known and loved worldwide, it wasn’t always so. Ancient Chinese texts rarely mention ...

In real life, snow leopards, which are also endangered, share some of the same habitats as the black and white bears and pose a threat to young pandas. Giant pandas are solitary and peaceful animals, ...

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 ...

The giant panda is a firm favourite when we are talking about cute animals, but there is much more to these bears than meets their black-patched eyes. There is much more to these bears than meets ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.) Photos and b-roll will ...

Pandas have been caught having a blast at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Centre in China. In recently released video footage, these giant pandas are seen munching on their gourmet meals and ...

When giant panda babies are born, they only weigh about 5 ounces and are the size of a stick of butter. For contrast, once fully grown, they weigh between 150-280 pounds. Male pandas are not ...

The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil its newly renovated panda house to ...

The giant pandas will remain off-limits through early next year, when the zoo will unveil its newly renovated panda house to the public. When can we see them? Not for a while. The bears will ...

Giant panda iPSCs could provide a solution to such a problem. Not only that, but it’s also hoped that the resulting eggs ...

The founding of the People’s Republic of China ended the history of foreign plundering of giant pandas. As friendly ambassadors, 23 giant pandas were sent as state gifts to nine countries from ...

The giant panda's distinct black-and-white markings have two functions: camouflage and communication. Most of the panda - its face, neck, belly, rump - is white to help it hide in snowy habitats. The ...