Our Good-bye Girls
Zhen ZhenI have read with some sympathy the many, many comments, questions, and concerns you have posted in the last few days in response to news that our two youngest girls are heading back to China...
View ArticleOne More Thing Before They Go
Su LinFor the past year, Su Lin has been the primary subject of our giant panda hearing study. About six months ago, Zhen Zhen began her participation in earnest, and for the last two months, she has...
View ArticleA Bittersweet Time
Zhen Zhen As preparations continue for Su Lin and Zhen Zhen’s move to their ancestral homeland, there’s a lot going on at the San Diego Zoo Giant Panda Research Station. The girls’ last official...
View ArticlePandas on Stand-By
Su Lin We have spent a good part of the summer gearing up for the departure of our beloved young female pandas, Su Lin and Zhen Zhen. The news of their imminent departure hit us all hard, and even...
View ArticleSu Lin: All Grown Up
Over five years ago, on August 2, 2005, I remember standing on the front plaza of the San Diego Zoo and seeing several local news vans and news anchors getting ready to make an important announcement!...
View ArticleMake Us Proud, Su and Zhen!
Zhen ZhenIn the words of the great American naturalist Henry David Thoreau, “Nothing makes the Earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance.” Recent news from China regarding the birth of...
View ArticleChina Trip Diary: Part 2
Tracy, left, and Gaylene pose on the truck with the pandas on moving day. Giant pandas Su Lin and Zhen Zhen moved to Wolong, China on September 24, 2010. Gaylene accompanied them on their journey and...
View ArticleChina Trip Diary: Part 3
Giant pandas Su Lin and Zhen Zhen moved to Wolong, China on September 24, 2010. Gaylene accompanied them on their journey and is sharing the trip with us through blog installments. Be sure to read...
View ArticleSu Lin Gives Birth!
Congratulations, Su Lin! We are filled with pride! Just days ago, in a naturalistic den, high in the mountains of Sichuan Province, surrounded by bamboo and forest ferns, Su Lin gave birth to her first...
View ArticleUpdate: Our Pandas in China
You continue to make us proud, Su Lin! Photo credit: Meghan Martin With the arrival of spring comes some exciting news from China: panda Su Lin has bred! Seven-year-old Su Lin, who was born at the San...
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