Despite decades of efforts by conservationists to aid their breeding in captivity, giant pandas still struggle significantly with natural mating. To be fair, it’s extremely challenging to mate ...

whose new book “Panda Love” documents the country’s efforts to breed pandas in captivity and release them into the wild. Vitale, a photographer for National Geographic magazine, got ...

The baby pandas are in captivity and therefore do not get the stimulation that they would get in the wild. That is where the ...

Marc Bekoff : "My view is regardless of whether they are an important source of revenue, we do not need any more pandas in captivity. We should stop breeding them right away. And they are not ...

The giant panda is an endangered species, with only about 1,600 living wild in mountainous central China and more than 300 in captivity worldwide. After an earthquake rocked the panda’s native ...

An An, the world’s oldest male giant panda under human care, has lost its appetite and is in low spirits, according to Hong Kong’s Ocean Park. Aged 35, the equivalent of 105 human years ...

We'll miss you, Jia Jia. The world's oldest panda living in captivity died at Ocean Park in Hong Kong, park officials announced Sunday morning. She lived to the ripe old age of 38 -- which is ...

hoping to boost visitor numbers even though caring for pandas in captivity is expensive. Officials have encouraged businesses to capitalize on the popularity of the bears to seize opportunities ...

The world’s oldest giant panda in captivity, Jia Jia, died on Sunday at Ocean Park aged 38. Jia Jia, whose name means “good”, had just turned 38 – about 114 years old in human age.