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Baby red panda died from firework stress, says zoo

Three-month-old Roxie choked on her own vomit as fireworks were being set off across Edinburgh on Bonfire Night.





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Red pandas come back to Zoo

The National Zoo’s red panda habitat on Asia Trail reopened to the public Tuesday, May 10. Tusa and Asa explored their new home which has […]

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A clouded leopard cub, a Przewalski’s horse and a red panda cub were all recently born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo

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In a 24-hour-period between July 9 and 10, 2009 a clouded leopard cub, a Przewalski's horse, and a red panda cub were all born at Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia.

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Red Panda Cubs Born at Conservation Biology Institute

Seven red panda cubs were born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute! The cubs were born to mothers Nutmeg, Regan and Leo Mei. Keepers are […]

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Red pandas are actually 2 separate species

Genetic study finds endangered red pandas are actually 2 distinct species.




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Red panda genes suggest there are actually two different species

Genetic analysis suggests that the Himalayan and Chinese red pandas are two different species that diverged about 200,000 years ago