Superstar farewell for US-born, China-bound pandas

Last Updated: Friday, February 5, 2010, 10:46

They were treated like pop idols — except for being stuck in travel crates.

China builds centre to ease pandas into wild

Last Updated: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 16:03

China has started construction on a research centre to help captive pandas adapt to the wild with a view to releasing them into nature, state media reported.

Pandas relocated during quake to return by 2012: State media

Last Updated: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 13:30

60 pandas, relocated from their base in SW China`s Sichuan Province, after last year`s devastating earthquake destroyed their home are set to return in 2012.

Pandas could be extinct in 2-3 generations: Report

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2009, 10:48

China`s giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringing on its way of life, state media said on Monday, citing an expert at conservation group WWF.

Quake a disaster for giant pandas: Study

Last Updated: Monday, July 27, 2009, 18:18

The situation of China`s giant pandas has reached crisis point after the massive earthquake in the south-west province of Sichuan in May last year, a study has suggested.