the size of a soccer ball, slightly bug-eyed, and no doubt soft and fragrant as a puppy. The urge to scoop her up and squeeze her is overwhelming. That adorability is one reason the giant panda is ...

Experts found remains of a bear species at the site, which was quickly categorized as an ancient relative of the giant panda ... but were still smaller in size than brown bears.

The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is ...

In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to clamber up trees when they are just 6 months old. They can also swim and, unlike most other bears, do not hibernate for months at ...

That mania persists. Currently at least 20 zoos outside China boast giant panda displays. (For a time China gifted pandas to foreign countries; now the government rents out pairs for a million ...

Giant panda twins born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June ... The twin cubs, which were palm-size pink creatures when born on June 23, have grown and now have their unique black-and-white blocks ...