The first officially recorded brown Qinling panda — a female named Dandan — was found in 1985 in Foping County in Shaanxi province by a local ranger and taken to Qinling Wildlife Zoo. She ...

Qizai, a brown giant panda in captivity who was at the center of the scientific study, is seen on May 28, 2021. Li Yibo/Xinhua/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The first brown panda known to science was a female named Dandan. A local ranger found the ailing bear in Foping County in Shaanxi province’s Qinling Mountains in March 1985. The panda was held ...

Not everything in life is always black and white. Neither are giant pandas. For years, scientists — and the public — in China have been fascinated by Qizai, the only brown-and-white panda in ...

Qizai the brown panda might have lost a bit of his mystery, but he’s definitely clawed something back in scientific progress. The study is published in the journal PNAS . ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ...

The panda was held in captivity at Xi'an Zoo until her death in 2000 - but, shockingly, since her discovery nearly four decades ago, there have only been 11 sightings of brown pandas, according to ...

Qizai, a brown giant panda in captivity who was at the center of the scientific study, is seen on May 28, 2021. Li Yibo/Xinhua/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

The first brown panda known to science was a female named Dandan. A local ranger found the ailing bear in Foping County in Shaanxi province’s Qinling Mountains in March 1985. The panda was held ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — With its striking coloration, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species. A handful of giant pandas that aren’t black-and-white, however, do exist. These ...

With its striking coloration, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species. A handful of giant pandas that aren't black-and-white, however, do exist. These majestic creatures with brown ...