The new red panda habitat will be located between the round cafe and the round stand in the Main Valley section of the zoo.

Conservation efforts are underway, but the future of these elusive creatures hangs by a thread. Can these “fire-colored cats” be saved before they disappear forever? Red pandas are known for ...

“Red pandas are one of the most endangered and beautiful wildlife species in the world,” said Kedar Thapa, mayor of Ilam Municipality. “In the context of Nepal, this conservation area can ...

The Red Panda Forest Habitat, on the Northern Trail at the zoo, will open Saturday, May 31. It will contain two red panda ...

Smithsonian reports that red pandas are “legally protected in India, Bhutan, China, Nepal, and Myanmar.” However, a report by the National Trust for Nature Conservation, hosted by the ...

"People now understand that red pandas are a protected species." Officials say that Nepal's pioneering community-based conservation work has helped arrest the decline of the cute but skittish ...

Soon, they’ll be heading to new zoos with the goal of helping promote red panda conservation. The red pandas made quite the wave back in August. Not only are red panda triplets incredibly rare ...

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“The birth of these triplets is important for animal conservation efforts, and the red pandas at the Zoo help to raise awareness of the threats their counterparts face in the wild such as ...

Red pandas are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, meaning they are at significant risk for extinction in their native ranges − the eastern Himalayas ...

according to the book "Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda." Collectively, red pandas were not managed successfully in the several American zoos that housed them in that era ...