What is a panda survey? A panda survey is a census of the giant panda population and distribution, and the status of its habitat. In addition, information on the socioeconomic situation of the human ...

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into nature. It hasn’t gone as planned. Scroll to continue Chengdu Research ...

Exclusively using Illumina's Genome Analyzer, a small team of scientists - in one month - produced 150 gigabases of sequence that was used to assemble the three gigabase genome belonging to Jingiing, ...

The gut microbiome of the giant panda more closely resembles that of a carnivore than what a bamboo-eating herbivore would be expected to have, according to researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong ...

Scientists long debated whether pandas are a type of bear, raccoon, or something all their own. Through studying their DNA, scientists have confirmed that pandas are related to bears. Giant pandas are ...