カテゴリー: Giant pandas
Twenty-five newborn panda cubs from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) and the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province made their first public appearance together on 23 January. The event f…
Giant panda pair Wang Wang and Fu Ni have been on loan from China since 2009 – now their future in Australia hangs in the balance Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThey might be cute and cuddly, but Australia’s on…
Tuan Tuan, gifted to Taiwan 14 years ago when relations were warmer, allowed to ‘continue to sleep’ after being anaesthetisedA panda given to Taiwan by China 14 years ago as a symbol of what were then warmer ties died on Saturday, after suffering seizu…
Thousands send condolences after zoo staff euthanise panda, who was in poor health and had stopped eatingThe world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity has died in a Hong Kong zoo on Thursday.The panda, named An An, was euthanised at the age of 35, t…
Authorities reclassify animal as vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800Giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild, but they are still vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800, Chinese officials have said after yea…
Around 150 journalists watched as Yuan Bao (Round Baby) clambered over climbing frame and played with sawdustA second Taiwan-born giant panda made her media debut on Monday, clambering over a wooden climbing frame and playing with sawdust to the sound …
Competition to name Meng Meng’s twins intensifies pressure on German governmentThey may have captured the public’s imagination, but the tiny, pink panda cubs born at Berlin zoo a few days ago have also spurred a national debate about whether panda dipl…