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China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.

Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012

Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.

Dog wet nurse saves panda cubs in China

Two red panda cubs abandoned by their mother at birth are thriving at a northern China zoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikely surrogate mother — a dog, state media reported on Thursday.

China relocates last pandas from quake-hit habitat

China has moved the last batch of pandas still living in a world-famous preserve badly damaged in last year's devastating earthquake to a nearby facility, state television reported Sunday.

China prepares to send pandas to new Sichuan home

Eight pandas were being readied for their journey back to central China on Sunday, ending a 10-month stay at the Beijing Zoo that was extended after their nature reserve was badly damaged in last year's massive earthquake, state television said.

Taiwan embraces China's gift of 2 pandas

Two giant pandas from China captivated thousands of Taiwanese on Monday, but the playful bears failed to completely disarm spectators from the rival island.

Taiwan party labels 'panda diplomacy' propaganda

Legislative aides from Taiwan's pro-independence opposition donned panda suits Wednesday, part of a public relations effort by anti-China lawmakers to paint the mainland's panda gift as a stalking horse for its pro-unification agenda.

China to send pandas to Taiwan on Dec. 23

China said Wednesday a pair of long-promised giant pandas symbolizing "peace, unity and friendship" will be sent to Taiwan next week in the latest sign of warming ties between the two once-bitter rivals.

Chinese pandas fed chicken soup for health

Everyone needs some chicken soup for the soul — even pandas.

China to deliver 2 pandas to Taiwan by year's end

China said Wednesday it is ready to send two long-promised pandas to Taiwan by the end of the year in the latest sign of improved ties between the rivals.

4 panda cubs born at Chinese breeding center

Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.

Pandas evacuated from earthquake area

Pandas living in earthquake-hit southwest China are facing a food shortage and some have been evacuated to temporary shelters because of the threat of landslides and other hazards, an official said Tuesday.

Pandas evacuated from earthquake-hit area in China

Pandas living in an earthquake-hit part of southwestern China have been evacuated to temporary shelters due to the continuing threat of landslides and other hazards, a forestry bureau report said Tuesday.

Honors for Mao Mao the panda killed in China quake

Mao Mao the panda's remains were gently laid in a wooden crate and wheeled to a patch of ground in China's famed Wolong Nature Reserve where a freshly dug grave awaited.

Earthquake-damaged panda reserve plans a move

The world's most famous panda reserve wants to find a new home after its current one was badly damaged by this month's deadly earthquake in China.

8 earthquake pandas arrive in Beijing for Olympics

Eight pandas reached Beijing safely Saturday after a long journey from their damaged reserve near the epicenter of the recent earthquake in China.

3 pandas missing from reserve after China quake

Three giant pandas are missing from the world's most famous panda reserve after the earthquake and five staff members were killed, a Chinese official said Sunday.

China Pandas Forced to Migrate for Food

Giant pandas are being forced to move from a remote mountainous area in southwestern China due to food shortages as their staple bamboo withers, an animal expert said Monday.

Thai Zoo Performs Insemination on Panda

After panda porn failed to spark amour, Thai zoo authorities turned Monday to artificial insemination in the hope of impregnating their lone female giant panda.

China to Release First Panda Into the Wild

A panda research center in southwest China is planning its first release into the wild of a panda bred in captivity, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday.

Taiwan Rejects China's Offer of Pandas

Tuan Tuan the panda won't be following in the footsteps of his mother and grandparents as a goodwill ambassador for China. Taiwan on Friday rejected China's offer of the panda and a female mate, Yuan Yuan, in the latest sign of a hardening attitude toward its communist neighbor.

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"Pull the plug" on pandas naturalists says
Source: msnbc.com

Conservationists should "pull the plug" on pandas and let them die out, according to BBC presenter and naturalist Chris Packham

Abandoned red pandas nursed to health by dog
Source: Telegraph

Two red pandas who were abandoned by their mother soon after they were born in northern China have been nursed to health thanks to the love and milk of a dog.

Thailand paints elephants to look like pandas... because Thais like pandas better
Source: the Mail online

They say an elephant never forgets. But apparently Thais have no problem in forgetting the elephant.

Fake Pandas! And Other April Fools' Day Hoaxes
Source: TIME

The annual assaults can be either subtle or brazen. And, really, people should see them coming. But in a media world addicted to drama and the bizarre, credulity will always take a hit. April Fools' Day 2009 is no different.

CADIE's personal World Wide Website: hi!
Source: cadiesingularity.blogspot.com

The first blog post from Google's Artificial Intelligence, "CADIE":

CADIE: Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed-Intelligence Entity
Source: Google

Introducing CADIE! Looks like those folks at Google have done it again. Google CADIE is sort of an AI that basically uses Google's search data to create a "personality" for the internet. "She" created her own homepage and everything!

Giant panda in China bites third victim - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Gu Gu is not your typical soft and cuddly giant panda. For the third time, he's tasted the flesh of an unwitting intruder in his pen at the Beijing Zoo.

Leaf me alone! Panda attacks park worker
Source: msnbc.com

A giant panda named Peace bit a park keeper's left leg while he was laying bamboo leaves in the animal's pen at a Hong Kong amusement park, officials said Tuesday.

German zoo finds escaped red pandas
Source: msnbc.com

A German zoo says it has recovered two red pandas that escaped their enclosure by climbing bamboo stalks weighed down by snow

Panda bites Melbourne girl on St Leonard's College China trip
Source: theage.com.au

A Victorian high school student has been evacuated to Melbourne from a school trip to China after a panda bit her.

Japanese-born panda has twins
Source: Telegraph

The panda Rauhin, who has lived all her life at Adventure World in Shirahamacho, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan, gave birth to a female and male cub, after mating with Eime, a giant panda on loan from China.

Photos: China's pandas recovering after earthquake
Source: msnbc.com

TODAY travels to the �Bifengxia panda reserve to see how the bears are coping after the May's devastating earthquake, how they are adapting to their new home, and to check in on what the Chinese are calling a "panda baby boom."

Could Pandas Be an Evolutionary Mistake—or Proof of an Intelligent Designer?
Source: discovermagazine.com

Apparently, pandas are used by proponents of intelligent design as proof that there must be a higher power helping life out.

4 giant panda cubs born within 14 hours
Source: msnbc.com

Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.

Papier mache pandas invade Paris
Source: Yahoo! News

PARIS (AFP) - Paris city hall was swamped by 1,600 papier mache pandas on Thursday, part of a WWF campaign to highlight the urgent need to protect the vanishing species.

90 per cent of pandas in jeopardy after China earthquake
Source: The Times

The lives of 90 per cent of China's endangered pandas are now in jeopardy after last month's massive earthquake devastated the remote mountain corner that is their last remaining habitat.

Giant panda sex secrets revealed
Source: BBC News

The giant panda's courtship and mating sequence - from boisterous beginning to noisy ending - has been filmed in the wild for what may be a TV first. The pictures show a male panda having to fight off the competition as he tries to woo and finally win a female.

Hugs for pandas shocked by quake
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Hugs, games and plenty of bamboo. It is an unusual method for handling anxiety, but keepers believe it is helping to calm pandas upset by last month's earthquake in Sichuan.

Nuremberg Zoo Pandacide Solved: Investigators Believe Deer Murdered Red Pandas
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

The murder of two red pandas at Nuremberg Zoo appears to be solved. Investigators believe three deer that shared the enclosure probably slit the red pandas' stomachs with their sharp teeth and pointed hooves. The motive? Revenge, apparently.

A Super Bowl Ad With Talking Pandas, Maybe, but Not With Chinese Accents -- Ad Withdrawn because of Racism Charges
Source: The New York Times

THE sponsor of two commercials during Super Bowl XLII for Salesgenie.com, which drew complaints from viewers because of the characters' ethnic accents, says he is sorry and promises to stop running one of them. The character Ramesh won a sales prize in a Super Bowl ad for S …

YouTube - Baby Twin Pandas Video
Source: YouTube

A wrestling match on video.

Pandas face starvation as bamboo approach end of lifespan
Source: english.people.com.cn

Giant pandas living in the wild may face food shortages as more bamboo plants, which comprise the bears' staple food, approach the end of their lifespan, Chinese naturalists warned.

Panda Bears Photos and More Panda Photos
Source: Yahoo! News

Giant pandas eat at the China Panda Protection and Research Centre in Wolong, southwest China's Sichuan province September 11, 2007.

Panda bear cub development
Source:

Here's an amazing series of photographs documenting the first three months of a panda bear's growth. Click the "Read more" link below to see the whole series.

Panda sex not black and white
Source: Australian News Network

But that's the stark reality facing China's endangered wild pandas, say the experts who are building the first bamboo-filled "dating and mating lane" to stop the solitary creatures nose-diving into extinction in mountainous Sichuan Province.

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