For decades, the giant panda has frustrated scientists desperate to save the species from extinction. The iconic bears, native to China and beloved around the world, have been famously hard to breed.

This is the first time the all-white animal has been seen on video and only the second time the rare panda has been spotted in China Liza Esquibias is an Editorial Intern at PEOPLE. She is a ...

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

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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 ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at ...

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 ...

The female newborns and their mother are said to be in good health following this birth at the Everland theme park near Seoul Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about ...