An ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China might be making things like fireworks more expensive, but one California zoo ...

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 ...

Now “pandas are one of the most genetically diverse animals in captivity,” says Wildt’s colleague, geneticist Jonathan Ballou, who developed the algorithm that the Chinese now apply to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The average life span of the giant panda, in the wild is about 15 years, but in captivity they have been known to live well into their 20's and rarely into their 30's. 5. How does that giant panda ...

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 ...