Panda Archive

Ye Ye

野野

Ye Ye is a male giant panda born on 2021-04-01 at the Foping National Nature Reserve, located in Shaanxi Province, China. Foping National Nature Reserve is a core protected habitat for wild giant panda populations in the Qinling Mountains, a distinct regional giant panda population separate from those in the Min Mountains. He is the offspring of Ba Xi, a male wild giant panda registered as studbook number 649, and Ying Hua, a female wild giant panda registered as studbook number 859. Both of his parents are native wild individuals from the Qinling giant panda population. Currently living in the wild of Foping National Nature Reserve, he participates in long-term population monitoring programs run by reserve researchers and the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. These programs track the health, range use and social behavior of wild giant pandas to inform population management. As a naturally born wild Qinling giant panda, Ye Ye displays typical foraging behaviors, spending more than 10 hours daily consuming local bamboo species. He is frequently documented in camera trap surveys, contributing to public understanding of wild giant panda ecology. His survival confirms the effectiveness of current habitat protection efforts for the wild giant panda population.