Pandas

Why do Americans apply the word “murder” to “murder hornets”? This is a question that The New Yorker asked on…

Using a motion-activated camera, scientists at Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China have snapped a…

Last year brought some rare good conservation news: the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the…

By the mercy of some higher power, the giant panda—an oversized mashup between a raccoon and a sloth whose offspring…

Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social — and flirtatious — than anyone had ever imagined, according to new…

Pandas used to die of starvation, which was easy to resolve. But now they're being plagued by a parasite — and we…

China owns all the pandas. If you've got some pandas at your local zoo, they're probably on loan. Moving animals…

In 2008, Serge Orru, the head of the French section of the World Wildlife Fund, came up with the idea of displaying…

If you walk around Hong Kong and find this papier-mâché panda invasion don't worry. It's just a campaign to raise…

Just in case you needed more reasons to fear Toxoplasma, here's another. It infects that most adorable of…

Get out the party hats, a giant panda has been born! Yesterday afternoon, Mei Xiang, one of the ursine residents of…

Conservationists have long been working to prevent pandas from going extinct. And their efforts might now have a…

Back in 2006, Chinese scientists released a panda named Xiang Xiang into the wild as part of their effort to…

Pandas, as a species, seem absolutely resolute in their desire not to breed, regardless of how much panda porn we…

OK it's not really called a panda seal. But it should be! It's actually a ribbon seal, and it seems to have taken a…

Day one is winding down at CES, and we're already starting to see some trends emerge. Like, everyone seems to have…

Known panda-hater, poll-loser, and Gizmodo senior editor Brian Barrett is out on vacation at the moment. So I'm free…

Pandas. Zoos want them, other bears want to be them (maybe?). But are they really worth all the trouble? Let's fight…

We already know that animals know an earthquake is coming before humans do. But it's still endlessly interesting to…

It's 2011 and that means it's time for something you have no idea about so i'll tell you: PANDA CENSUS. There are…