When Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi decided he wanted pandas at the Honolulu Zoo, he approached the Chinese Consulate-General ...

A giant panda rolling happily through horse dung sounds like nature’s least convincing survival plan. Still, scientists ...

Giant pandas are black and white to hide and communicate White markings help pandas hide in the snow; black limbs provide camouflage in shady forests Darkness around the eyes and ears sends a warning ...

A red panda totters along the branch of an evergreen tree, placing one paw in front of the other like a gymnast on a balance beam. But then ... whoops! The panda loses its footing. A fall from this ...

Chinese officials announced earlier this week that giant pandas would be reclassified as "vulnerable" Maria Pasquini is a Senior News Editor for PEOPLE, covering Human Interest. She has been with the ...

Yun Chuan is "serious about his bamboo but mild-mannered toward others," according to the San Diego Zoo. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance A pair of giant pandas arrived at the San Diego Zoo from China ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Red pandas have always lived in the shadow of the other, more famous panda. But now it’s time to give them their due. Currently, red pandas live in the eastern Himalayas. But the first red panda ...