Our expert explains why giant pandas are black and white. Decades of investigation have failed to pin down a robust explanation for the zebra’s famous stripes. Neither is there a shortage of ...

Giant pandas are an evolutionary mystery when it comes to their diets. Although pandas are herbivores, their guts are more like those of carnivores. After all, pandas are true bears, and most bears ...

Zhang Zhijiang, a breeder at the Urumqi panda pavilion, said he and his colleagues spent three months training at the Wolong Shenshuping Base, where they learned about giant panda habits. In addition ...

A growing understanding of giant panda habitat needs has also equipped ecologists and policymakers with better tools to drive conservation decision-making and forest management, and teach local people ...