Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against ...

Chinese researchers have captured wild panda twins on camera in the wild for the first time.Video and still photos of the pair of young giant panda twins was released by a nature reserve in southwest ...

Giant pandas turn out to be a lot more social - and flirtatious - than anyone had ever imagined, according to new research. The study, published in the latest issue of the Journal of Mammalogy, ...

Giant pandas are adorable bears with distinctive black-and-white fur and are considered a national treasure in China. They’re also beloved in the United States and around the world. Contrary to online ...

Our filmmakers spent three years tracking down one of the rarest sights in nature: a wild panda looking to mate. While pandas may appear cute and cuddly, they are a territorial, large bear and filming ...

Nat Geo Wild is upping its conservation game — again — with an order for the new endangered species monthly series “Mission Critical,” TheWrap has learned exclusively. “Mission Critical” will ...

The zoo will be featured on “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild" on Saturday on the show's season 3 premiere ...

Madeline Link is a born and bred Novocastrian who started her career as a journalist in the New England North West in 2016.

For decades, the giant panda has frustrated scientists desperate to save the species from extinction. The iconic bears, native to China and beloved around the world, have been famously hard to breed.

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at three ...

Pity poor Xiang Xiang. Pampered from birth, his every need anticipated by a loyal band of caregivers at Sichuan’s Wolong Giant Panda Breeding Center, the baffled bear received the shock of his young ...

Captive life does more than change routines for bears and pandas. It also changes the microscopic communities living in their ...