Panda

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) A 2-year-old red panda is the newest attraction at a Massachusetts zoo. Jacob was introduced to visitors on Friday at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. The Standard Times reports that Jacob, Buttonwoods first red panda, was born at…

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) A 2-year-old red panda is the newest attraction at a Massachusetts zoo. "Jacob" was introduced to visitors on Friday at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. The Standard Times reports that Jacob, Buttonwood's first red panda, was born…

An ursid hybrid is an animal with parents from two different species or subspecies of the Ursidae (bear) family. Species and subspecies of bear known to have produced offspring with another bear species or subspecies include brown bears, black bears, grizzly …

Panda's may live on an almost exclusively plant-based diet, but according to new research, their nutrient intake looks more like a carnivores -- a finding that may help shed light on longstanding questions regarding the panda's dietary evolution. In a study …

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Zoo's Giant Panda Friendship Wall Dismantled, Pandas Set to Return to China

The Calgary Zoo's panda exhibit has won an award from an international conservation group for using sustainable building practices. The $14.4-million Panda Passage has been awarded "Petal certification" by the International Living Future Institute. Petal ce…

Its hard to imagine Southern California without giant pandas. Yet, sadly, the pandas that have become synonymous with the San Diego Zoo made their last public appearance on exhibit Monday and will leave for China sometime in the near future. Id say they were…

The flight attendant's cheeky jibe sets the mood perfectly for what's about to lie ahead. On board Air New Zealand's Auckland to Adelaide service a day out from the start of the 2019 Supercars Championship, the Adelaide 500, it's impossible not to notice th…

The San Diego Zoo will officially close its panda habitat and Panda Cam on Monday as it prepares its last two giant pandas for repatriation to China. The zoo first acquired giant pandas more than 30 years ago through a loan program with the Chinese governmen…