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Panda Pregnancy Watch Continues

August 24, 2012

(GIANT PANDAS) WASHINGTON DC — The question of whether the National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang is pregnant will soon be determined. Panda watchers say she’s in the final stage of her reproductive cycle, and they will soon know if the pregnancy is real or pseudo. It is notoriously difficult to tell when a giant panda is pregnant, and Washington D.C. has tried hard to add members to the dwindling population. Read on for more on Mei Xiang and how her pregnancy might affect this endangered species. — Global Animal 

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Giant Panda’s Lucky Six

August 2, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) CALIFORNIA — A twenty-year-old panda named Bai Yun set a record this week when she gave birth to her sixth cub. The latest birth made the San Diego Zoo resident the panda mom with the most babies outside of China. Read on for details about this endangered mammal and how she and her cub are getting along. — Global Animal

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UPDATE: Rare Newborn Panda Dies At Zoo

July 12, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) TOKYO — Last week Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo welcomed a rare new addition, the birth of the zoo’s first baby panda in 24 years. The event was a media sensation that drew many visitors to the zoo and the newborn was a promising addition to the endangered giant panda population. Unfortunately the baby panda died from pneumonia on Wednesday. Read on to learn more about this sad event that will hopefully raise awareness about the grave threat this species faces. — Global Animal

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Tokyo Zoo Welcomes Baby Panda

July 7, 2012

(ANIMAL NEWS) JAPAN — Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo welcomed a new addition on Thursday. Panda parents Shin Shin and Ri Ri gave birth to the zoo’s first baby panda in 24 years. The giant panda is the rarest bear in the world and one of the world’s most threatened animals. Yesterday’s birth is the first at the zoo to come from a natural mating instead of artificial insemination, and adds a new member to the many breeding and conservation programs aimed at saving the rare species. — Global Animal 

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Lazy Panda Libidos

April 9, 2012

(PANDAS) New research has determined that while male pandas are able to reproduce 6 months out of the year, female pandas are only reproductively viable 24 to 72 hours out of year. Female pandas only have 1-2 cubs biannually, making the struggle to increase the population slow moving and challenging. As if their mating schedules didn’t make things difficult enough, the Smithsonian estimates that by 2080, only half the giant pandas natural habitat will be suitable to live in due to climate change. Read on for more information on the difficulty these animals face. — Global Animal 

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Yao Ming: Panda Preservationist

January 18, 2012

(PANDA BEARS) CHINA — Six months following the official announcement of his retirement from professional basketball, Yao Ming is back in Chinese news. This week Yao was caught posing with some adorable panda bears, but this wasn’t just a cute photo-op. Ming is participating in a new Chinese program that hopes to preserve and repopulate the nation’s cuddly endangered species. Read more on the panda project and Yao’s involvement below. — Global Animals

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Animal Stars Of 2011 (GALLERY)

December 31, 2011

(ANIMAL GALLERY) This year has been one for the books. From YouTube sensations to Japan tsunami survivors to animal based blockbuster films, animals have played an enormous role in some of the major events of 2011. Read on for our list of the top animal stars of the past year. — Global Animal

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How Do Pandas Live Off Bamboo? It’s In The Poop!

October 20, 2011

(PANDA SCIENCE) With the gut of a carnivore, how do pandas survive on a diet consisting almost entirely of bamboo? The scoop is in the poop — researchers discovered strains of bacteria in the intestine of pandas similar to herbivores. Although pandas receive little nutrition from bamboo, they continue to chomp down on the ubiquitous plant, eating up to 30 pounds per day. So why were pandas broken from their meat-eating habits and pushed towards a veggie lifestyle? Read on to learn the answer. — Global Animal

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