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=  Giant Panda Bear! =
 * Scientific: ** Ailuropoda melanoleuca

**Mammal ** ==Type of organism: Carnivore, though its on a bamboo diet, but can also eat honey, fish, eggs, leaves, and bananas if available. ==  The Giant Panda is mainly found in Asia, in their mainland of China, but now found only in the mountains of central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. And in the zoo.

Pandas are threatened by  habitat loss due to increasing human  populations, poaching and bamboo die-offs.

The Giant Panda is one of the rarest of the bear family, and one of the world's most threatened animals. 

History/Timeline!
In 1984, the Giant Panda was added to the list of endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. <span style="color: rgb(22, 19, 19);">In 1999, <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">The panda has become a symbol for endangered animals and is used as the international logo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In 2003, <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"> The 1000 giant pandas estimated to be living in the wild are now considered a stable population, although there still // endangered. In 2006, // Giant pandas are one of the world's most endangered species//.//

[[image:wwf_logo_or.jpg width="147" height="196" align="left"]]<span style="color: rgb(255, 76, 0);">Conservation Efforts!
== The Chinese government has established a network of nature reserves protecting half of the wild giant panda population. The government also declared a ban on logging in 1998. The [|World Wildlife Fund] has started the Giant Panda Program in which aim to establish and manage effective panda habitat conservation network in Minshan and Qinling landscapes. The program also aims to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement against wildlife poaching and other illegal human activities harmful to pandas. == ==<span style="color: rgb(255, 76, 0);">Projects for the future! National Zoo scientists are working with Chinese colleagues to understand panda reproductive biology and to improve artificial insemination techniques. The goal is to double the current population of pandas in zoos worldwide, to 300. When this goal is met, the population will have sufficient genetic diversity for long-term survival and pandas will be able for reintroduction if needed. ==