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NEWS ABOUT: giant pandas

giant pandas stories: 15 news summaries

 Taiwan Panda 
 Keepers Seek 
 Love Doc's Advice  

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, expert counsels

Nov 8, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of breeding season in February, the Taipei Zoo is soliciting expert advice for getting its two giant pandas in the mood. A researcher dispatched from their native China found Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan—presented last year as a symbol of thawing relations between the countries—just a little... More »

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China • breeding • Taiwan • Taipei • Wolong National Nature Reserve • giant pandas • Tuan Tuan • Yuan Yuan • Taipei Zoo

 Chinese Pandas 
 to Head Home 
 After Quake 
 Fixup 

Rare animals will return to Sichuan preserve by 2012

Sep 21, 09 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sixty giant pandas displaced after a massive earthquake rocked China last year will head home to their nature preserve, reports Xinhua. China is pouring $55 million into rebuilding the endangered animals' Sichuan Province base that previously housed 63 pandas. One died in the quake, one went missing, and one died... More »

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Sichuan province • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • China earthquake • giant pandas

birthday slideshow

 Tai Shan Turns 4  


Jul 9, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tai Shan, the giant panda who captivated the world as a cub, turned 4 today and celebrated with a huge birthday cake only an animal could love. The three-tiered concoction was a frozen medley of water, beet juice, shredded beets, and bamboo, WTOP reports. Tai Shan, who is now considered... More »

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Washington DC • birthday • mammals • panda • vegetarianism • birthday party • National Zoo • pandas • panda diplomacy • giant pandas • Tai Shan • Tian Tian • Mei Xiang

(Newser) - Giant panda Mei Xiang, whose first cub became an international superstar, is not pregnant, National Zoo officials said today. The panda, who was artificially inseminated in January, experienced her third false pregnancy in as many years, the Washington Post reports. Four-year-old Tai Shan, Mei Xiang's only cub to survive infancy,... More »

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China • endangered species • Washington DC • Washington • panda • National Zoo • giant pandas • Tai Shan • Mei Xiang

 Pandas Haven't 
 Bounced Back 
 From China Quake 

Sichuan disaster presents lasting difficulties for breeders

May 8, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - China’s efforts to save the giant panda from extinction haven’t recovered from last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, AFP reports. The temblor swallowed up whole groves of bamboo, causing a food shortage just as breeding centers, whose efforts have caused a recent panda “baby boom,”... More »

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breeding • panda • earthquake • Sichuan province • Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center • giant pandas • Chengdu • mating

(Newser) - The National Zoo’s female giant panda may be pregnant, the Washington Post reports. Volunteers are monitoring Mei Xiang around the clock after zookeepers noticed behavioral changes that indicate the mom to celebu-panda Tai Shan is expecting, including creating a bamboo den in a dark and quiet place, and cradling... More »

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pregnancy • animal • National Zoo • giant pandas • artificial insemination • Tai Shan • Mei Xiang

Pandas: Better at Crowd Pleasing Than Breeding

For so many reasons, these cute bears should probably never have survived

Apr 5, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pandas have a lot working against them when it comes to to making babies: a once-yearly ovulation cycle, genetic inbreeding due to a limited captive population, and, apparently, some degree of ineptness at copulation itself. Zoo officials frequently see their excitement crushed by what turn out to be pseudopregnancies, and... More »

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China • captivity • panda • National Zoo • giant pandas

Beijing Bids Adieu to
Visiting Pandas

They shift to a Sichuan reserve while their damaged home is rebuilt

Mar 23, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing's "Olympic pandas"—which drew 2 million fans during their 10-month stay in the city's zoo—have been returned to Sichuan Province, Xinhua reports. Their original habitat was damaged in last May's earthquake, so the pack of eight will reside in a panda reserve for now. Several will... More »

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China • pandas • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • giant pandas • Beijing Zoo

Panda Lovin' Leaves DC Zoo Wanting

Bears fail again at 'competent mating'; keepers help out

Jan 19, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A romantic day in the park amid inaugural hubbub wasn’t enough to propagate the genes of two famous pandas at Washington’s National Zoo, the Washington Post reports. The pair had given mating calls, prompting hopes for the conception of a new member of the endangered species, which is... More »

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panda • Washington, DC • National Zoo • giant pandas • artificial insemination • mating • Tai Shan • Tian Tian • Mei Xiang

 Panda Cub Taken From Mom

Troubling 'behaviors' by newborn and mom Lun Lun

Sep 2, 08 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A giant panda newborn has been taken away from its mother and transferred to an incubator at the Atlanta zoo. Officials said the move was based on “some behaviors by the its mother, Lun Lun," but offered no details. All had seemed well earlier for both the cell-phone-sized... More »

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nursing • Mei Lan • giant pandas • Zoo Atlanta • Lun Lun • Yan Yang • incubator

 Atlanta Panda 
 Now a 2-Time Mama 

Lun Lun gives birth to new cub, twin might be on way

Aug 31, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A giant panda in Zoo Atlanta became a mommy for the second time last night, and a twin might even be on the way, WSB Atlanta reports. Lun Lun gave birth at 10:10pm, the first panda in the US to do so this year. She previously gave birth in... More »

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 It's Raining
 Baby Pandas in China

Four born in 14 hours in Sichuan province

Jul 27, 08 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four giant pandas were born within 14 hours of each other at a Chinese breeding center over the weekend, giving a much-needed population boost to the endangered species. Nine-year-old Qiyuan gave birth to twins, and two other 8-year-old pandas each gave birth to a cub in Sichuan province, BBC reports.... More »

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endangered species • panda • animal • Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center • giant pandas

 Quake-Rattled Pandas
 Get Hugs, Bamboo 

Bears recovering with help from keepers

Jun 3, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but... More »

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endangered species • panda • zookeeper • pandas • Sichuan province • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • China earthquake • giant pandas

 Six Pandas Moved 
 From Rattled Reserve 

Damaged shelters and little food prompt transfer

May 23, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six hungry pandas have been transferred to a new reserve in southwest China in the wake of the region's massive earthquake, AFP reports. Their shelters damaged and food scarce, the giant pandas were moved from the renowned Wolong breeding center; eight others will be sent to Beijing tomorrow ahead of... More »

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China • endangered species • earthquake • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • giant pandas

 3 Pandas Missing in Quake 

China flying food to more than 80 bears at reserve

May 19, 08 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three giant pandas are missing from the famed Wolong panda reserve that was hit by the magnitude 7.9 earthquake last week in China, AFP reports. Emergency supplies of bamboo—the panda's staple—and apples are being flown into the area to help save the endangered animals. More than 80... More »

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China • Taiwan • earthquake • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • giant pandas • Tuan Tuan • Yuan Yuan

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