Captive life does more than change routines for bears and pandas. It also changes the microscopic communities living in their ...

STORY: Efforts to introduce captive-bred giant pandas into the wild are working and their population is growing. That's according to Chinese scientists at a giant panda sanctuary in Ya’an in ...

Bears and pandas in captivity develop significantly different gut microbiomes compared to their wild counterparts, and giant ...

Pity poor Xiang Xiang. Pampered from birth, his every need anticipated by a loyal band of caregivers at Sichuan’s Wolong Giant Panda Breeding Center, the baffled bear received the shock of his young ...

September 20, 2025 is International Red Panda Day. These medium-sized mammals are not pandas at all and are more closely ...

The zoo will be featured on “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild" on Saturday on the show's season 3 premiere episode, "Panda-Monium!" ...

China will release another two captive-bred giant pandas into the wild this year. Zhang Hemin, director of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) of Wolong, told ...

Every morning at 7:30 a.m. sharp, a race begins on the outskirts of Chengdu, a sprawling Chinese metropolis known for its spicy hotpot, old tea houses and the country’s most beloved animal – giant ...

A new survey from China's State Forestry Administration suggests the country's wild giant pandas are showing encouraging signs of population growth, The Associated Press reported. The panda population ...

Dr Ramakanta Panda's scalpel protects the rhythm of the hearts inside the hospital walls and his camera captures and protects ...

Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against ...