Pandas

Bei Bei, giant panda born in US heads to China

August 22, 2015

Panda Mei Xiang gives birth to cub at National Zoo in DC

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo in Washington says there’s one more panda in the world after its female giant panda gave birth to a cub on Saturday.

August 20, 2015

Rare brown and white panda species found in China

Researchers say that a brown and white panda, named Qizai, was spotted on China’s Qinling Mountains 4 years ago when it was only two months old.

August 19, 2015

Watch begins for possible birth of newest national panda

Americans are on panda watch after the National Zoo announced that they detected a fetus during an ultrasound of giant panda Mei Xiang.

China's giant panda triplets celebrating first birthday

July 27, 2015

China’s giant panda triplets celebrate first birthday

It’s party time today (Wednesday) for the world’s only living panda triplets. Mengmeng, Shuaishuai and Kuku are celebrating their first birthday at the Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park with a special cake.

July 13, 2015

Pandas are lazy, but it’s not entirely their fault

July 13, 2015

Meet Jia Jia, world’s oldest captive Panda

July 9, 2015

Panda Tai Shan celebrates his 10th birthday

Tai Shan, Washington, D.C.’s “favorite panda” celebrated his 10th birthday Thursday at the Dujiangyan panda base in China.

June 22, 2015

Giant panda gives birth to twin sisters

Giant panda Kelin on Monday morning gave birth to twin female cubs at a panda breeding center in Chengdu City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

March 31, 2015

New research finds that pandas travel in packs, remember feeding grounds

Intimate details about the lives of the giant panda have been largely unknown until now. New research by American and Chinese teams have yielded valuable new insight on how these mammals interact with each other and the wild. CCTV America’s Jim Spellman reported this story […]

March 6, 2015

Photos: China’s growing panda population

China’s panda population has grown by 268 to a total of 1,864 since the last survey was conducted more than a decade ago, according to the latest census conducted by China’s State Forestry Administration from 2011 to 2014.

March 6, 2015

China’s panda population up by 268; Now 1,864 reasons to say Awwww…

March 2, 2015

China’s wild giant panda population rises 17 percent in a decade

Giant pandas, a national treasure in China, have long faced endangerment — which is why China began protection efforts in the 1960s. A new national survey has found that the population of wild giant pandas in China reached 1,864 at the end of 2013, a […]

February 22, 2015

Which zoo panda would win the Oscar for your heart?

The Oscars may be over, but the CCTV newsroom is still in the award show spirit. We began to wonder, however, how our favorite black and white, China-native would fare in its own set of panda-catered categories.

January 6, 2015

Video: Panda cub Bao Bao plays in the snow for the first time

The first snow of the season hit Washington, D.C. Tuesday, causing major delays during the morning rush hour and resulting in a snow day for some local students and government workers. But while the snow caused headaches for commuters, for others it was a day […]

December 24, 2014

Year in Review: Cute Alert

Panda, check. Two pandas, check. Two pandas, adorably fighting with a zookeeper to avoid taking medicine, check.

December 23, 2014

Panda cub to take first step towards independence at Taipei zoo

One-and-half-year-old panda cub Yuan Zai will take her first steps towards independence by the end of this month, as keepers at the Taipei Zoo in China’s Taiwan plan to separate her from her mother.

December 15, 2014

World’s only living giant panda triplets get ‘cute’ names

The world’s only surviving giant panda triplets turned two months old earlier this week, and they have finally been named: “Mengmeng”(Cute), “Shuaishuai” (Handsome) and “Kuku” (Cool).

December 8, 2014

Panda dies from respiratory, renal failure in Sichuan

A giant panda that was found dead at a panda research center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province is believed to have died from respiratory and renal failure, veterinary experts at the center said on Sunday.

October 22, 2014

Wild giant panda sighted at tourist spot in China

A wild giant panda took tourists by surprise on Sunday as it walked around a scenic spot in Baoji, in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.

September 5, 2014

Live: 24-hour, high-definition PandaCam

Animal caregivers at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding have set up a host of live-stream cameras on their pandas and panda cubs, in order to “document every newborn giant panda.”

August 28, 2014

China’s panda triplets are one month old

The world’s only known surviving set of panda triplets born in captivity turned one month-old on Thursday (August 28) in a south Chinese zoo.

August 23, 2014

Beloved panda cub Bao Bao celebrates first birthday

A very special resident at Washington D.C.’s National Zoo marked a very special day this Saturday. Bao Bao, the zoo’s beloved panda club, turned one. CCTV America’s Frances Kuo reports.

August 12, 2014

‘Miracle’ panda triplets born in China zoo

A zoo in Guangzhou, China announced on Tuesday the birth of a rare set of triplet panda cubs. They are the world’s first known surviving trio.

May 23, 2014

Video: Partying Pandas Turn Box into Play Toy

Four giant pandas were filmed partying in a box last week in the breeding base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

October 18, 2013

First surviving panda twins born in US at Atlanta Zoo

Giant pandas are not only cute, they are culturally important. For decades, China has worked to protect the endangered species setting up conservation programs not just in the country, but also abroad. It sends pandas overseas to help raise awareness. One of the famous pandas […]

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