animals lack the freedom to choose optimal food and this means that they could be missing out on nutrients that are essential for reproduction. According to WWF: “A panda’s daily diet consists ...

Like many endangered species, giant pandas have declined as a growing ... a crowd of people watching—has little to do with real panda reproduction.” Still, the Chinese are getting big results.

They also completed the first successful artificial insemination of a giant panda outside of China. "Our partnership over the decades has served as a powerful example of how, when we work together ...

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 ...

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 key movements were: In 1957, giant panda Ping Ping was sent to the former Soviet Union, the first sent overseas as a state gift; in 1959, An An followed suit. Between 1965 and 1980 ...

The last U.S. zoo with pandas in its care expects to say goodbye to the four giant bears this fall. Zoo Atlanta is making preparations to return panda parents Lun Lun and Yang Yang to China along ...

SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama Prefecture--A zoo here announced the birth of a giant panda fathered by a 28-year-old, long the world's reigning champion to breed in captivity. According to Adventure World ...

Now ecologists have added to these losses an assessment of the earthquake’s impact on biodiversity: namely, habitat for some of the last existing wild giant pandas ... the remaining habitat could ...

"Our breakthroughs in giant panda biology, behavior, reproduction, health, and habitat research helped move the giant panda off the endangered species list," Meyer says. Discussions with the China ...

(CNN)-- Gu Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda. For the third time, he's tasted the flesh of an unwitting intruder in his pen at Beijing Zoo. His most recent victim was 28-year-old ...

Female giant panda Xiang Xiang, one of the star attractions ... will go back home for the important mission of promoting the reproduction of giant pandas to preserve the species,” Koike said ...