Smithsonian Photo Gallery Highlights 15 Panda Images from China, Spain, Taiwan and Washington, D.C.
A photo gallery showcasing 15 images of giant pandas has been released by Smithsonian magazine, featuring photographs captured between 2008 and 2024 across locations such as China, Spain, Taiwan, and Washington, D.C. Among the highlights are a panda in the Qinling mountains of China (Ke Li, 2020), mother panda Hua Zui Ba with her cub at the Madrid Zoo, and the twin cubs Jiu Jiu and You You, born in 2021. Additional images depict pandas enjoying bamboo in Chengdu, as well as resting and playing in various zoos. With fewer than 2,000 remaining in the wild, giant pandas are classified as “vulnerable” due to threats like illegal hunting, slow reproduction, and habitat destruction. They typically consume 70 to 100 pounds of bamboo each day and can live up to 30 years in captivity.
Key facts
- The photo gallery includes 15 images of giant pandas taken between 2008 and 2024.
- Locations featured include China, Spain, Taiwan and Washington, D.C.
- Mother panda Hua Zui Ba and her cub appear at the Madrid Zoo, where twins were born in 2021.
- Twin cubs Jiu Jiu and You You were born in 2021 at the Madrid Zoo.
- A panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute played with a toy during a weeklong farewell party before being sent back to China.
- The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has the largest panda population in the world.
- Fewer than 2,000 giant pandas live in their natural habitats, and the species is listed as “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List.
- Adult pandas eat 70 to 100 pounds of bamboo daily, males can grow to about 250 pounds and females to roughly 220 pounds, and they can live up to 30 years in human care.
Entities
Artists
- Ke Li
- Pedro Jarque Krebs
- Barbara Williams
- Dafna Ben Nun
- Erika Valkovicova
- Agnieszka Wieczorek
- Maneesh Juneja
- Riccardo Vello
- Wei-Cho Huang
- Auto Aya
- Makeila Cox
- Melissa Herzog
- Hua Zui Ba
- Jiu Jiu
- You You
Institutions
- Smithsonian magazine
- International Union for Conservation of Nature
- Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
- Madrid Zoo
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
- Taipei Zoo
Locations
- China
- Qinling mountain range
- Spain
- Madrid
- Taiwan
- Taipei
- Washington, D.C.
- Chengdu
- Guangzhou