As dead bears lost some allure ... Currently at least 20 zoos outside China boast giant panda displays. (For a time China gifted pandas to foreign countries; now the government rents out pairs ...

That adorability is one reason the giant panda is an international sensation ... three are still out there. Two were found dead, one probably the victim of aggression from wild male pandas.

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance’s giant panda-topped float took home the Rose ... which are used on the Day of the Dead. This year’s zoo float theme was “Friendship Across the Earth.” ...

Giant panda cub twins Leni and Lotti ventured out for the first time at the Berlin Zoo on Thursday. This is a photo gallery ...

In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to clamber up trees when they are just 6 months old. They can also swim and, unlike most other bears, do not hibernate for months at ...

The 13 panda cubs are part of the 15 pandas born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province in 2022 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.