Panda bears have been a staple at Zoo Atlanta for over two decades. Today, the enclosure sits empty after the zoo’s agreement ...

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 ...

A pair of pandas named Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will soon head from China to Zoo Atlanta.

February is here, but that doesn’t mean winter’s chill will thaw anytime soon. While the country rebounds from one winter storm after the next, many are ready for winter to bid a fond farewell. The ...

How are the giant pandas spending their first summer in Washington, D.C.? And what’s changed since they arrived nine months ago? Keeper Mariel Lally explains. Mike Bock To conserve energy during the ...

Staff at a zoo in Japan are going to great lengths to try and fill the void left by one of its departed animals after its final four pandas had to return to China. In honor of their lost bears, ...

The animal keeper (first author of this study) was responsible for the daily care and management of the captive giant panda cub. Funding: This work was supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology ...

Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against infection. While captivity is known to alter the gut microbiota of wildlife, the ...

The new Imax film “Pandas” is full of scenes of roly-poly bears walking, sleeping and tumbling, and, really, watching such charming subjects go about their day wouldn’t be a bad way to spend a ...