Pandas

Can you count the number of panda cubs there are in the photo?
March 15, 2017

China plans to build the first national park for pandas

China will build its first panda national park, announced by the Chinese government last month. The 27,134-square-kilometer (or 10,500 square miles) park covers parts of Sichuan province in the southwest and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces in the northwest.

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September 15, 2016

Belgian zoo’s baby panda receives new name

Born on June 2nd, Belgium’s baby panda has been nameless for months. But those who come and visit him here at the Pairi Daiza zoo have voted. Their top pick turned out to be Tian Bao, meaning “treasure from heaven”.

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August 20, 2016

Pandas gone wild

They’re elusive as much as they are lovable. Now, wild pandas are being spotted more in northwest China’s Gansu Province.

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Giant Panda Cub
September 23, 2015

Panda cub at National Zoo is growing

The four-week-old giant panda cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. now weighs nearly three pounds and is starting to look like a panda — specifically, his dad.

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August 26, 2015

Smaller of panda cubs has died, zoo says

The U.S. Smithsonian’s National Zoo said that the smaller of the two newborn panda cubs died shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The tiny cub had been getting extra care at the zoo after mother Mei Xiang stopped letting animal keepers swap the smaller cub […]

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August 26, 2015

Year of the panda? Twenty cubs born in 2015

This year can be proudly named the year of the panda to Chinese people. There have been 20 panda cubs born so far, of which 7 are twins or triplets, according to the China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center.

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