People once thought the red panda was related to bears or raccoons, but they are actually their own genus, Ailuridae. Within the genus, there are two species: fulgens fulgens and fulgens refulgens.

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are ...

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sundar is his name; Khusi is hers. Matchmakers in New Zealand introduced them—in the red panda habitat of the ...

In 2024, the Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany yielded some findings that raised questions on assertions held by experts regarding the panda's evolutionary trajectory. Panda's main ...