Panda Archive

Ya Lun

雅伦

Ya Lun is a female giant panda born on 2016-10-04 at Atlanta Zoo. Her studbook number, a unique identifier for the global captive giant panda population, is 1026. As a captive-bred individual, her early development followed standard captive giant panda rearing protocols at her birth institution. She is the offspring of Xi Lan (studbook 340) and Lun Lun (studbook 452). Both of her parents are registered giant pandas that have resided at Atlanta Zoo as part of a long-term collaborative giant panda conservation program between Chinese authorities and the United States zoological community. Currently living at Atlanta Zoo, she participates in coordinated captive population management for giant pandas, alongside public education programming focused on giant panda conservation and native habitat protection. The program she is part of also supports research into giant panda reproductive biology and dietary needs. Ya Lun exhibits typical giant panda behavioral traits, including spending most of her day foraging on bamboo and resting. She is a popular attraction for zoo visitors from across the United States, helping raise public awareness of the species’ threatened status. Her presence contributes to global captive breeding efforts that maintain a genetically diverse safety net for the giant panda species.