Hong Kong — The giant panda, China’s national animal, is a global symbol of cuteness. But the black-and-white bears have long suffered for their irresistible qualities—poached for their pelts, ...

Giant panda Fu Jiang makes a public appearance after completing quarantine at the Beijing Zoo on Monday. TAO RAN/FOR CHINA DAILY After a monthlong quarantine, two giant pandas named Ji Nian, or ...

Largest panda population: The giant panda is one of the world’s most iconic and vulnerable species. Known for its distinctive black-and-white coat and bamboo-based diet, the panda is native to China ...

Now, after a requisite quarantine and brief preview period for zoo members, the panda exhibit and its accompanying Giant Panda Cam are back on full display. “Bao Li and Qing Bao have already won the ...

Panda fan culture once flourished in China. But Beijing is tightening control of discussion of a national symbol. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara Hvistendahl has spent months reporting on China’s foreign ...

Knoxville likes to call itself the unofficial red panda capital of the world, and part of the reason dates back more than 4.5 million years. Despite their name, these little guys have no relation to ...

HONG KONG — After a long flight, and lot of bamboo, the pandover was completed on Tuesday, with Bao Li and Qing Bao arriving at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. The pair of giant pandas ...

With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways to help the iconic black-and-white bears stave off extinction. And now, it ...

Ms. Croke is a journalist who covers animal issues. She has written about giant pandas in her books “The Modern Ark” and “The Lady and the Panda.” Our interest in pandas has always brought out the ...