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The giant panda is perhaps the most powerful symbol in the world when it comes to species conservation. Adored around the world, the distinctive black and white animal is a national …

Panda facts Giant pandas are found only in China. They were once widespread in southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and North Vietnam. Today there are confined to …

After a significant increase in recent years, China now boasts a network of 67 panda reserves, which safeguard almost two-thirds of the giant pandas in the wild and just over half of their …

The inspiration for our logo came from Chi-Chi: a giant panda that arrived at London Zoo in 1961 - the same year that WWF was created. Aware of the need for a recognisable symbol that …

Giant panda numbers are slowly increasing, but the rare bear is not out of the woods yet. Traditional threats to pandas such as poaching appear to be declining, but large-scale …

The good news is that giant panda numbers are increasing. Slowly but surely this remarkable species is edging away from the brink of extinction - thanks to a host of successful …

History of the Giant Panda 11 March 1869 A hunter brings a panda skin to the French Jesuit, Armand David 13 April 1929 The Roosevelt brothers become the first foreigners to shoot a …

In a welcome piece of good news for the world’s threatened wildlife, the giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction, …

Peaceful and mostly vegetarian, giant pandas have steadily lost their forest habitat to China's expanding human population. These striking animals are now confined to fragmented forest …