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World China pandas Four tourists have been blacklisted from a Chinese nature reserve after they threw stones at a panda to try to get it to move. The panda had been motionless under a tree where it had been resting in its enclosure at the Foping National Nature Reserve in Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, in the north-east of the country. A group of around 20 people gathered and started shouting at the animal and when it did not move, one man started throwing stones. Footage posted on social media shows a man throwing the objects, the South China Morning Post reported. This photo shows a panda at the Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Centre in Wenchuan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Footage has emerged of tourists throwing stones at a panda in Hanzhong, in the north-east of the country. Getty Images Recommended Slideshows 76 The Most Powerful Military Forces in the World 59 The 25 Most Powerful Passports … [Read more...] about Panda Pelted With Stones by Tourists Who Try to Wake It Up From a Nap at China Zoo

The Chinese Communist People’s Daily Online spoke up on Tuesday for an overlooked class of victims from the U.S. government shutdown: panda enthusiasts deprived of the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Giant Panda Cam. “Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute managed to stay open for the first 11 days of the shutdown, which began on December 22, 2018, but was forced to close its doors on Tuesday, Jan. 1, after its prior-year funds ran out because Congress and the White House are unable to reach a funding agreement. The much-loved Giant Panda Cam went black the following day on Wednesday,” the People’s Daily reported.According to the Smithsonian National Zoo, the live animal cameras “require federal resources, primarily staff, to run and broadcast,” and since they have been deemed non-essential, they “will not stream live until the federal government reopens.” The People’s Daily found the geopolitical … [Read more...] about Chinese Media: Shutdown Cruelly Deprives Americans of Vital ‘Panda Cam’

Feb 12, 5:39 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Science By Shubham Sharma 06/18/18 AT 11:10 AM A group of scientists exploring China’s Guangxi province found remains of a giant panda that roamed Earth 22,000 years ago but belonged to a different, previously unknown lineage.Guangxi is not a habitat for pandas, but when the researchers found this specimen in a cave called Cizhutuo, they were totally surprised. The discovery suggested sometime in the distant past, the animals thrived in the region.But, further analysis revealed this is not the panda we know today and belongs to a completely new group, one that separated from the ancestors of modern-day pandas hundreds of thousands years ago and went extinct later.The surprising findings were revealed following a thorough analysis of the genetic samples recovered from the specimen.A research team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) extracted mitochondrial (mt) DNA … [Read more...] about Giant Panda’s Long-Lost Lineage Discovered From 22,000-Year-Old Specimen In China

Feb 12, 5:46 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Elana Glowatz @ElanaGlow 09/25/17 AT 5:55 PM Panda habitats are smaller than they were when the bears were first declared to be endangered almost 30 years ago, meaning the animals are still at risk even as conservation efforts have increased their numbers.Although pandas are now considered slightly more stable, with their classification from the International Union for Conservation of Nature moving from endangered to vulnerable as their adult population increased, their habitat could have a significant influence on the species. In many cases where animals have gone extinct in the past, human encroachment on habitat has played a role in a species’ downfall. According to an article in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, data show that “panda habitat covered less area and was more fragmented in 2013, the most recent year for which data is … [Read more...] about Panda Habitat Loss Puts Vulnerable Bears At Risk Of Extinction Again

Feb 12, 5:47 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 02/12/19 AT 5:15 AM An eight-year-old girl fell into a panda enclosure at a zoo in southwest China on Saturday, causing panic.The incident took place at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province when the girl, whose name was not revealed, climbed the wall of the enclosure to get a better view of the three pandas inside it. She lost balance and fell about 6.5 feet into the enclosure.A video of the incident shows a guard trying to rescue the girl as the pandas came closer. The guard first tries rescuing the girl with the help of a thin pole but fails. He then leans through a gap in the fence and manages to pull her up amid screams from the crowd.The pandas, who were curious, moved around the enclosure but maintained distance from the crying girl. She was reunited with her family safely and taken to the zoo’s … [Read more...] about 8-Year-Old Falls Into Panda Enclosure In Zoo, Rescued By Guard [Video]