Red pandas are not directly related to giant pandas, but were the first pandas! We often call giant pandas just “panda,” but it is the red panda that deserves the single name. They were first ...

Born into the world covered in grey fur with their eyes closed, red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are small, cute, and fascinating creatures. These beautiful mammals are native to the Eastern Himalayas and ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s two giant pandas look quite similar to the untrained eye. Animal keeper Mariel Lally offers some tips you can use to spot the difference! Mike Bock Bao Li is one of ...

Living outside their natural Chinese habitat can disturb giant pandas’ internal rhythms, a finding that could lead to better ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought has come to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — back ...