The latest news that has anything to do with pandas will be put here.
8 March, 2007
Niu Niu, is a giant panda rescued from a fight. She got badly injured and is now missing a part of her front paw. The lack of balance affects her mating, and therefore, scientists are thinking of giving her an artificial leg. To read more go here
14 January, 2007
After a failed natural breeding attempt at Memphis Zoo, Yan Yan has been artificially inseminated. Now all we can do is wait to see if she gets pregnant. To read more go here
4 January, 2007
Xiang Xiang, the only captive bred panda to be released into the wild so far has been badly injured in a fight with another wild panda. He has now gone missing, which is a big setback for China's efforts of panda conservation. To read more go here
30 December, 2006
Several panda 'villages' have been found in the Qinling mountains. These villages are made up out of a group of pandas that live in caves. The daughters are sent away at around 2 years old, and the sons stay. These then compete over the females from other 'villages'. These giant pandas are a kind of sub-species. Only 300 of them remain, out of the 1560 giant pandas in the wild. To read more go here
29 December, 2006
Pandas are very picky when it comes to their food, as Zoo Atlanta has found out. Out of the 200 types of bamboo that grow in Georgia, the pandas only like about 20 or so, and their taste varies from time to time. To read more go here
15 December, 2006
Mei Lan is the new name of Atlanta's panda cub. It means Atlanta Beauty. The cub will make its public debute as soon as it can walk properly. To read more go here
7 December, 2006
Atlanta's baby panda, stood up for the first time during a checkup on Thursday. According to the senior veterinarian it shouldn't take long now until the cub will start to follow it's mother out into the public viewing area. To read more go here
24 November, 2006
The world's only brown-and-white panda in the world died in China's Shaanxi Province. It was a sudden death, and nobody is sure as to the cause of it. To read more go here
27 October, 2006
The oldest giant panda in China's artificial breeding program turned 34. She received a cake in the shape of a peach (the sign of longlivity in China). To read more go here
16 October, 2006
Pandas have colors vision. According to a study using the Lun Lun and Yang Yang (Atlanta Zoo), pandas don't see all the colors we do, but they can distinguish color from gray. To read more go here
13 October, 2006
National Zoo has built a new exhibit, Asia Trail, for the pandas and their competitors. The pandas now have double the space, and visitors can get closer to them. To read more go here
12 October, 2006
Atlanta Zoo's baby panda opened her eyes for the first time on Thursday. To read more go here
25 September, 2006
Atlanta Zoo's baby panda is a girl.Officials said the cub is in perfect health. The naming ceremony will take place when the cub is 100 days old. To read more go here
6 September, 2006
Lun Lun, the female panda of Atlanta Zoo has given birth to a cub on Wednesday. They are both doing fine, and the cub will be given a medical examination as soon as it won't disrupt maternal care. To read more go here
1 September, 2006
Scientists have announced that a gaint panda tooth fossil has been found. It was uncovered in June, and after two months of identification work, turns out to be a giant panda tooth. This prooves that pandas once roamed over a much larger area. To read more go here
24 August, 2006
Another set of twins was born in Sichuan. However the older girl of the twins has a cleft lip. This is the first case in panda research history. The younger sister is in good condition. At around 1 year old, the panda cub will receive plastic surgery. To read more go here
10 August, 2006
Twin giant pandas Qi Zhen and Qi Yuan both gave bith to twins within two days. The chances of captive pandas to get twins is about 50%. This is because of artificial insemination. To read more go here
8 August, 2006
A male cub born in Wolong Research Center breaks two records at once. Zhang Ka went through 34 hours of labor, and gave birth to the heaviest panda cub ever in captivity. To read more go here
5 August, 2006
Atlanta Zoo thinks Lun Lun might be pregnant. Two psychics were enlisted, one telepathically connected with Lun Lun, and the other used the ancent I Ching. Both predicted Lun Lun to be pregnant. To read more go here
24 July, 2006
Chinese police caught a man in Beijing trying to sell the fur of a young panda for $30,000. He was caught when when he was about to finish the sale for 250,000 yuan. The police also found the pelt of a clouded leopard with him. To read more go here
20 July, 2006
Veterinarians and dentists are considering to give a panda three false teeth. The giant panda fell down a ravine, and had several broken bones. If its possible to give him false teeth, he'll be able to eat bamboo again. To read more go here
20 July, 2006
4 cubs were born at the Beijing Zoo, but it turned out the mother didn't have enough milk. A notice went out, and they got a huge amount of calls with wet nurses the next day. They settled for a whippet (dog), who's own young had died. She had enough milk for all the cubs, and the milk is about the same as pandas milk. To read more go here
13 July, 2006
The panda habitat has been added to the World Heritage Sites, and there is now a limit on what tourists can visit. Factories and building will be removed from panda habitat, and there are plans to connect the various habitat fragments with planted bamboo forests. To read more go here
