A male giant panda in a Japanese zoo died after it was sedated so it could donate semen in an artificial insemination programme, a zoo official said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2010
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(AP)—Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Zoo say the female giant panda's hormones are rising, which indicates she may be pregnant or experiencing a false pregnancy.
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2013
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Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are viruses that at some point in the past inserted themselves into the nuclear genome of a host's germ cell. Once integrated in a germ cell the virus would be passed on from one generation ...
Ecology
Jul 15, 2013
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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.
Plants & Animals
Aug 19, 2009
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Born pink, blind, and helpless, giant pandas typically weigh about 100 grams at birth—the equivalent of a stick of butter. Their mothers are 900 times more massive than that.
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Dec 13, 2019
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A giant panda which is already a mother of twins gave birth again Friday in a Madrid zoo, welcoming the tiny new arrival with licks, zoo officials said.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2013
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Giant pandas are the new couch potatoes of the animal world, according to a study Thursday that found the bears are just as sluggish as slow-moving sloths.
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Jul 9, 2015
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A pair of pandas in the mood for mating were being given a bit of space Thursday with Japanese zookeepers hoping they will mate on if the public was kept away.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2013
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Not all species are created equal. Some are more important than others. So how do we choose what to protect?
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2022
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A set of panda triplets, known as the world's only surviving trio, have opened their eyes for the first time more than a month after their birth in a Chinese zoo.
Plants & Animals
Sep 19, 2014
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