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People once thought the red panda was related to bears or raccoons, but they are actually their own genus, Ailuridae. Within the genus, there are two species: fulgens fulgens and fulgens refulgens.

The red panda, a rare and endangered species, is one of the most elusive and charming animals found in the Eastern Himalayas.

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sundar is his name; Khusi is hers. Matchmakers in New Zealand introduced them—in the red panda habitat of the ...

1. Can you spot the real panda? Despite sharing a common name, red pandas are not closely related to giant pandas—often considered the real panda. Phylogenetically, the red panda falls under a unique ...

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realizing it was an endangered red panda. Red pandas ...

She went home that day with a shot that ended up as a full page spread published in the August issue of National Geographic magazine. "I was like 'Oh my God. The panda gods are on my side," she said.

Red pandas are the puppies of the bear world. These endangered non-aggressive bears are protected in Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. The species is also protected, researched ...

The red panda is a charismatic animal that’s shrouded in mystery and notoriously difficult to find, and therefore a perfect candidate for inclusion in the “Above the Clouds” episode of the ...