However, the plot thickens as the red panda was first discovered in 1825, while the giant panda was discovered much later in 1869, acquiring the name ‘panda’ as both species share similar feeding ...

With only 10,000 red pandas in the wild—the world over—a lot is riding on her future. In the same month that the World ...

China's wild pandas have no problems in their "sex life." Male pandas fight to earn the right to mate and the fertility rate of female pandas are relatively high, according to Lu Zhibo ...

Wolong Reserve keepers transport Hua Jiao (Delicate Beauty) for a health check before she finishes “wild training.” The habitat also protects red pandas, pheasant, tufted deer, and other ...

China’s successful rebranding of the giant panda has created an unexpected challenge for Beijing, as it aims to balance its ...

The 87 animals recovered at the airport included a red panda, two critically endangered ... against the "illegal and unsustainable trade in wild species." Related: Month-Old Leopard Cub Found ...

Red pandas have a very high mortality rate, Longleat said, with just one in five wild pandas surviving to adulthood. The species are classified as endangered by the International Union for ...

Red pandas have been classed as an endangered species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, with fewer than 2,500 remaining in the wild.

Very little is known about the status of the Red Panda in Bhutan. Its population is estimated at less than 2500 mature individuals in the wild. The species continues to decline in number, and no ...

The red panda is a charismatic animal that’s shrouded in mystery and notoriously difficult to find, and therefore a perfect candidate for inclusion in the “Above the Clouds” episode of the ...

Red pandas are more closely related to raccoons ... They also have a powerful bite and suffocation technique. In the wild, cheetahs go after small animals like rabbits, as well as young antelope ...

Decades after Beijing began working with zoos in the U.S. and Europe to protect the species, the number of giant pandas in the wild has risen to 1,900, up from about 1,100 in the 1980s ...