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BEIJING - Chinese officials said they no longer consider giant pandas in the country to be an endangered species thanks to conservation efforts. Cui Shuhong, the head of the Ministry of Ecology and ...

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WASHINGTON – Pandas are, to many, a gateway animal. People are drawn in by the bears’ charm and sweetness and before they know it, they’re hooked: spending hours staring through the glass at panda ...

PROVIDENCE – Two tiny red pandas were born July 4 at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, the first birth of red pandas in the zoo's history, the zoo announced Wednesday, Sept. 3. The twin kits, one male and ...

Tenzing, a 12-year-old male red panda known for his playful charm and viral antics, has died at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens after a rapid decline in health caused by a parasitic infection, zoo ...

Three endangered creatures were born at a Nebraska zoo, marking a “rare” moment, officials said. Photo by Kazuend via Unsplash Three tiny creatures snuggled together mark a “rare” moment at a Nebraska ...

For nearly two centuries, the true classification of the red panda was a mystery. Believed to be both a bear and a raccoon, the red panda was unsuccessfully classified by scientists into families it ...

There are two distinct species of red panda, the Himalayan red panda and the Chinese red panda. Thumb structures, skull shapes, and coloration led scientists to classify red pandas into the wrong ...