Qizai, a brown giant panda in captivity who was at the center of the scientific study, is seen on May 28, 2021. Li Yibo/Xinhua/Getty Images Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter .

The extremely rare panda was seen at a nature reserve in Shaanxi Province earlier this month. Prior to the discovery, it was believed there was only one living brown panda in the world.

The first officially recorded brown Qinling panda — a female named Dandan — was found in 1985 in Foping County in Shaanxi province by a local ranger and taken to Qinling Wildlife Zoo. She ...

This rare brown panda is walking proof that, when it comes to nature, it's not always a case of black and white. Unlike his more common monochrome cousins, giant panda Qizai's coat is tan and brown.

Qizai is the only brown panda in captivity right now. The number of such pandas spotted in the past 25 years can be counted on one’s fingers. That’s what makes Qizai even more special.

The first recorded brown-and-white panda — a female called Dan-Dan — was discovered in 1985. She was taken into captivity, mated with a black-and-white animal and gave birth to a normal black ...

Not everything in life is always black and white. Neither are giant pandas. For years, scientists — and the public — in China have been fascinated by Qizai, the only brown-and-white panda in ...

The first brown panda known to science was a female named Dandan. A local ranger found the ailing bear in Foping County in Shaanxi province’s Qinling Mountains in March 1985.

The world's only brown panda bred in captivity, named "Qizai", belongs to an extremely rare subspecies found in the Qinling area. Qizai is now 11 years old and in good health, media reported ...

The video, originally taken on Jan. 17, is the first time a brown panda has been spotted in the park since March 2018, officials said. It’s also only the 11th time a panda of this kind has ever ...

With its striking coloration, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species. A handful of giant pandas that aren’t black-and-white, however, do exist. These majestic creatures with brown ...