For nearly two centuries, the true classification of the red panda was a mystery. Believed to be both a bear and a raccoon, the red panda was unsuccessfully classified by scientists into families it ...

LANSING, MI – A Michigan zoo is celebrating the birth of another red panda cub. Staff at Potter Park Zoo in Lansing announced Thursday that its red panda, Maliha, gave birth on July 5. The cub is the ...

A red panda peers through dense leaves, its face partially concealed by surrounding vegetation. Remaining still allows it to observe its environment while staying hidden from potential threats. This ...

There are two distinct species of red panda, the Himalayan red panda and the Chinese red panda. Thumb structures, skull shapes, and coloration led scientists to classify red pandas into the wrong ...