National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

The giant panda's distinct black-and-white markings have two functions: camouflage and communication. Most of the panda - its face, neck, belly, rump - is white to help it hide in snowy habitats. The ...

The sea squirts, which were spotted off Kumejima island, have black markings resembling the face of a giant panda on a transparent body. White vessels transverse their bodies like a skeleton ...

Should they become trapped the giant panda will cover their face with their paws often hiding its eye-patches and curl up. This gesture states that they are scared and/or angry. At close range ...

One of the giant panda cub twins Leni or Lotti plays in an outdoor area of the Panda Garden, during their first outdoor ...

The urge to scoop her up and squeeze her is overwhelming. That adorability is one reason the giant panda is an international sensation as well as a cultural icon, an economic gold mine ...

shared that the Giant Panda Cam educates and galvanizes others to help with panda conservation efforts, especially those who can't make the trip to Washington, D.C., to meet the pandas face- to-face.

Giant Panda numbers have increased 17% in the last ... The challenges pandas face is in large part due to habitat loss, and currently only 61% of China’s panda population is protected by ...

Currently at least 20 zoos outside China boast giant panda displays ... of certain infant characteristics. That cute baby face and toddler-like behavior boost our body’s production of oxytocin ...

In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to clamber up trees when they are just 6 months old. They can also swim and, unlike most other bears, do not hibernate for months at ...

The second Golden Panda Awards will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in September, recognizing outstanding films and TV ...

The 13 panda cubs are part of the 15 pandas born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province in 2022 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.