The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is ...

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.

By Stephen Asante, GNA Special Correspondent, Beijing, China Beijing, April 6, GNA – In the southwest of the People’s Republic of China lies a city called Dujiangyan, located some 48 kilometers from ...

1. Can you spot the real panda? Despite sharing a common name, red pandas are not closely related to giant pandas—often considered the real panda. Phylogenetically, the red panda falls under a unique ...

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 ...