A growing global record of giant pandas, their lives, families, and journeys.
Birth of Yun Chuan
August 9, 2016
Qi Zai participated in International Rare Species Day activities at Qinling Sibao Science Park, serving as an ambassador for rare species conservation.
Cheng Hehua is appointed "Pet Experience Officer" for Hilton Group's "No Matter the Size, We Love You" summer campaign.
Ling Lang Cub was born at wolong_base.
Bao Li moved to smithsonian_national_zoo.
Qing Bao moved to smithsonian_national_zoo.
成和花
Cheng Hehua (Hua Hua, 花花), nicknamed "Fruit Lai" (果赖) because she responds to this Sichuan dialect call, is China's top...
乐乐
Le Le (乐乐), studbook #606, is a male giant panda born on August 8, 2005, at the Wolong China Conservation and Research C...
七仔
Qi Zai (七仔), nicknamed the "Chocolate Bear," is the world's only known captive brown-and-white Giant Panda. Born in 2009...
希望
Xi Wang (希望), studbook #607, is a male giant panda born on August 11, 2005, at the Wolong China Conservation and Researc...
丫丫
Ya Ya (丫丫), studbook #507, is a female giant panda born on August 3, 2000, at Beijing Zoo. She spent 20 years at Memphis...
迎迎
Ying Ying (迎迎), studbook #369, was a male giant panda born on August 15, 1991, at Beijing Zoo. He became the second male...
阿宝
A Bao is a male giant panda born on 2011-09-04 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. He is the offspring...
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Ai Bao is a female giant panda born on 2016-07-13 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registere...
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Becoming a panda keeper is statistically harder than gaining admission to many elite universities — annual acceptance rates at the Chengdu Research Base are below 5%. This article explores the education, physical demands, emotional resilience, and daily realities of panda keeping, featuring interviews with keepers who describe their work as 'the most difficult, least glamorous, and most meaningful job in animal care.'
Nestled in the misty mountains above Ya'an, Sichuan, the Bifengxia Panda Base is the quiet epicenter of the global panda diaspora — the place every overseas-born panda first encounters when it returns to China. With its cool climate, abundant bamboo, and specialized quarantine facilities, Bifengxia has processed every major panda homecoming of the modern era, from Tai Shan in 2010 to Fu Bao in 2024.
In 2016, Ai Bao and Le Bao arrived at Everland in South Korea as diplomatic gifts. In 2020, they produced Fu Bao — the first panda born in Korea — and ignited a cultural phenomenon that transformed Korean panda keeping into a national obsession. This article traces how Everland's media strategy, the emotional bond between keeper Kang Cheol-won and Fu Bao, and the Korean public's embrace of 'panda parenting' created the most intense panda fandom outside China.
Pandacommon is a living archive dedicated to documenting the lives of giant pandas worldwide. We combine conservation data with engaging storytelling to create a resource for researchers, educators, and panda enthusiasts of all ages.