Decades ago, Shigeyuki Yamato scanned the shallow coastal waters of southeastern Japan and saw something ... creating a color pattern similar to a giant panda. This resemblance earns the new ...

Cute but not cuddly, a colony of sea squirts dubbed “Skeleton panda ascidian” by divers after ... have been known to inhabit the waters around Japan. Most are observed in the seas near the ...

Zookeeper Zhao Lanlan is in charge of Xiang Xiang's care. She said it took the Japan-born panda some time to settle in. "Xiang Xiang has a slightly timid personality. She needed time to adapt to ...

Zoo director: Tan Tan was 'the sun' to local people At a news conference on Monday afternoon, zoo director Kako Yujiro said the giant panda had given ... when her lease to Japan expired.