Giant pandas look like the world's most easygoing animals, but the biology keeping them alive is stranger than most people ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON – Little has altered Frances Nguyen’s life more than the pandas at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Their relationship ...

Watch as a wild giant panda is caught on camera attempting to climb a roadside retaining wall in an exceptionally rare wildlife encounter. The remarkable sighting was filmed by Jianfeng Yuan in ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV reveal that a giant panda has discovered the hammock, and it has immediately and completely ...

Bleats and chirps between two giant pandas are a sure sign that flirtatious feelings are in the air! Read all about the ‘bears and the bleats’ in this update from the Zoo’s panda keeper team. by ...

Happy National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week! Since 1996, the Humane Society of the United States has promoted this week-long event as a way to not only acknowledge the impactful work of animal ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16. (Photo credit: Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.) After months of ...

On Jan. 24, giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] will make their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI). From Jan. 25 to Feb. 9, ...

Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have evolved several features; for example, pseudo thumbs to grasp bamboo and flat ...

While the Zoo was closed, staff members captured some rare scenes of the animals experiencing the falling snow. Mike Bock Giant panda Qing Bao played in the snow while the Zoo was closed to visitors.

Beijing Zoo's newly built giant panda complex has been completed and five giant pandas have already moved into their upgraded ...

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 ...