In the waters of Kumejima Island, Japan, scientists have identified a new marine species: the skeleton panda sea squirt ...

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Scientists have uncovered a new species of giant panda in the wetlands of Bulgaria which they say could be the “last known” and “most evolved” of the kind discovered in Europe.. Unlike its ...

In the latest book by the bestselling author of "Rise of the Rocket Girls," two sons of Theodore Roosevelt set out for China ...

Unlikely as it might seem, the panda and the manta ray have a lot in common. Just as scientists still haven’t been able to confirm the number of pandas in the wild, they also have no idea how ...

The giant panda habitat will keep his name as will the new science fellows. “David’s transformative gift is making a difference at our Zoo in our nation’s capital and across the world in China,” said ...

Dozens of giant panda experts are meeting at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland this week to hammer out a plan outlining how best to care for and study the world's rarest bears. Rob Ogden, head of ...

A four-year census of China’s giant panda population has revealed 45 per cent more animals than were previously thought to exist. The study found 1590 pandas in the wild, compared to 1100 in the ...

Let’s look at the life span of a panda. Scientists aren’t sure how long giant pandas live in the wild, but they do know it’s shorter than lifespans in zoos. A giant panda will live about 15 ...

Smithsonian and Chinese scientists have been collaborating for decades, and visitors can see the results of our work as they walk through the panda house.” The new interactive exhibit inside the panda ...

Life Are panda sex lives being sabotaged by the wrong gut microbes? Conservationists think tweaking pandas’ diets might shift their gut microbiomes in a way that could encourage them to mate ...

On the panda trail. In our May issue, contributor Jerry Guo traveled to the Wolong Nature Reserve in China's Sichuan Province to learn what researchers there are doing to increase the panda population ...