What is a panda survey? A panda survey is a census of the giant panda population and distribution, and the status of its habitat. In addition, information on the socioeconomic situation of the human ...

Exclusively using Illumina's Genome Analyzer, a small team of scientists - in one month - produced 150 gigabases of sequence that was used to assemble the three gigabase genome belonging to Jingiing, ...

Scientists long debated whether pandas are a type of bear, raccoon, or something all their own. Through studying their DNA, scientists have confirmed that pandas are related to bears. Giant pandas are ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at three ...

The gut microbiome of the giant panda more closely resembles that of a carnivore than what a bamboo-eating herbivore would be expected to have, according to researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into nature. It hasn’t gone as planned. Scroll to continue Chengdu Research ...

California’s state animal might be the grizzly bear, but today is another bear’s big moment to shine. Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared Aug. 8, 2024, to be California Panda Day — a playful (but also ...

HONG KONG — Some of the last giant pandas in the United States are heading back to China. The National Zoo announced last month that its three pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their 3-year-old male ...