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The giant panda is the rarest member of the bear family and among the world’s most threatened animals. Learn about WWF's giant panda conservation efforts.
Learn why these much-loved animals are endangered in their bamboo forest homes. Discover the panda’s surprising skill at swimming and climbing.
Sep 22, 2023 · Pandamonium. A Smithsonian magazine special report. At the Smithsonian | September 22, 2023. Revisit 51 Years of Giant Pandas at the National Zoo, From Beloved Babies to Fun in the Snow. The...
High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1,500 of these...
About the size of an American black bear, giant pandas stand between 2 and 3 feet (60 to 90 centimeters) tall at the shoulder (on all four legs), and reach 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 meters) long. Males are larger than females, weighing up to 250 pounds (113 kilograms) in the wild. Females rarely reach 220 pounds (104 kilograms). Native Habitat.
Common name. Giant Panda (En); Panda Géant (Fr); Panda gigante (Sp); Geographic place. habitat. Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests of Southwest China. read more. Population. population. 1,864 in the wild (2014) read more. Height.
Panda habitat is one of the most biodiverse of any ecosystem in the world and critically important for other threatened and endangered species, including golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red pandas, and snow leopards. What do we also protect when we protect pandas?
