Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue

Britain’s only female giant panda has suffered a miscarriage, according to the Edinburgh Zoo.

UK media has gushed over the news that a giant panda could be pregnant, recalling the frenzy over the birth of royal baby Prince George.

The most prolific giant panda in captivity outside of China, Bai Yun, has proved her mettle again with the delivery of her sixth cub in San Diego.

Two Chinese pandas have landed in Paris for a new zoo life, in a loan sealed after years of top-level negotiations between China and France.