For decades, the giant panda has frustrated scientists desperate to save the species from extinction. The iconic bears, native to China and beloved around the world, have been famously hard to breed.

Pandas are very cute, but they don't do much for their ecosystem, and they take away a lot of resources from other endangered plants and animals that support multitudes. Following is a transcript ...

People once thought the red panda was related to bears or raccoons, but they are actually their own genus, Ailuridae. Within the genus, there are two species: fulgens fulgens and fulgens refulgens.

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sundar is his name; Khusi is hers. Matchmakers in New Zealand introduced them—in the red panda habitat of the ...

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet ...

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are ...