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China announces first panda from frozen sperm (AP)

China announces first panda from frozen sperm

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created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- China announced the first successful birth of a panda cub from artificial insemination using frozen sperm, giving a new option for the famously unfertile endangered species, officials said Friday.


The as-yet-unnamed 200-gram (eight-ounce) cub

It's a girl: Thai zoo says panda cub is doing well

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created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A one-day-old panda cub born in Thailand after years of artificial insemination and efforts to get its celibate parents to mate is a healthy female with a loud cry, a zoo official said Thursday.





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SD Zoo's online Panda Cam crashes due to overload (AP)

SD Zoo's online Panda Cam crashes due to overload

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The San Diego Zoo's pandas have become such cyber-stars that their Panda Cam got caught in a popularity crunch.


San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub (AP)

San Diego Zoo panda gives birth to 5th cub

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created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Prized San Diego Zoo panda Bai Yun gave birth Wednesday to her fifth cub after a 130-day pregnancy that zookeepers said ended with an apparently pleasant labor.


Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display (AP)

Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

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created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth ...


A female giant panda holds her cub

China panda gives birth to twins: state media

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A giant panda in northern China has given birth to twins, state media said Wednesday in rare good news for a species facing the threat of extinction.


W. Africa's last giraffes make surprising comeback (AP)

China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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


Pandas mate with help at the National Zoo

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created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

U.S. veterinarians have artificially inseminated Mei Xiang, a female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, after natural mating was unsuccessful.


Chinese experts say there are only about 1,600 wild pandas in China

Panda genome resembles dog: Chinese media

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created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

A detailed genome map of the giant panda completed by Chinese scientists has shown that the notoriously shy animal is genetically similar to the dog, state media reported Sunday.


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Giant panda can survive

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created Aug 24, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The giant panda is not at an “evolutionary dead end” and could have a long term viable future, according to new research involving scientists from Cardiff University.


A panda cub plays at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu

China to mark 140th anniversary of giant panda 'discovery'

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created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China is to retrace the steps of the French missionary who made giant pandas known to the West to mark the 140th anniversary of their discovery by the outside world, state media said Tuesday.


China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake

China panda population stable: report

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created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake that damaged key areas of the endangered species' habitat, state press said Saturday.



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