GUILIN, China, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A Chinese college student who wanted to hug a panda bear climbed into its pen, but instead of getting a cuddle he was mauled by the animal, officials said.

Want to earn about $32,000 per year while playing with adorable panda bears? If you live in Beijing, you’re in luck! The China Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Ya’an, Sichuan ...

Both Bifengxia and Chengdu offer tourists the chance to hug a teenage panda for one minute – strictly timed – for a charge of about £200. Compared to the cost of volunteering for the day ...

Panda nannies are often thought to be the luckiest workers in the world hugging and carrying fluffy bears every day. One such caretaker has recently revealed the details of her job at the world's ...

Attention animal lovers — make sure you have your tissues handy, because you’re gonna need ’em when you watch this video of a panda being rescued from a dam. In a harrowing ordeal ...

Antwon Hines has given his last bear hug. At least in costume at the Smithsonian ... many a photo as the zoo's designated greeter in a panda suit. "People were so happy to see me walking through ...

However, one of the highlights from the evening was that Xi called pandas “the ambassador of friendship,” hinting at the possibility that China could be willing to resume its “panda diplomacy” by ...