Giant pandas are classified under a separate, distant taxonomic family of bears called Ursidae. However, the plot thickens as the red panda was first discovered in 1825, while the giant panda was ...

Securing a pair of the playful and endearing bears would also ... “Is this real?” Alioto said. “I’m not going to get too excited until a panda gets off the airplane.” ...

China has long been sending the rare members of the bear family to nations overseas as a goodwill gesture meant to build ties in a practice dubbed “panda diplomacy”. In 1972, Beijing ...