Locals from five villages in the higher altitude regions of the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India, have come together to form the first ever community-based red panda alliance. The group comprises villagers from Socktsen, Kharman, Kelengteng, Lumpo and Muchat, and was formed with support from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. The alliance is known as the Pangchen Red Panda Conservation Alliance.

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With the upcoming release of Firefox 4, Mozilla have decided to promote their browser with the help of the two new female cubs at Knoxville Zoo.

Go to www.firefoxlive.org to get involved! Webcams of the cubs are streaming online 24/7 and will be for the next few months. The cubs are always fun to watch, you can watch them play, eat, sleep and grow. There are multiple webcams, so you can be sure you won't miss any of the action.

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Sha-Lei the red panda has been transferred from Valley Zoo in Edmonton, Canada to Henry Vilas Zoo in Wisconsin, USA. Now that Sha-Lei is 18 months old it is time for her to move as part of the breeding programme. Sha-Lei has been paired with Chang Tan who has been living at Henry Vilas Zoo since 2007. It will be some time before Sha-Lei is viewable to the public as she needs time to settle into her new home.

Sha-Lei and Chang Tan are two of the few red pandas of the subspecies Ailurus fulgen styani living in America and hence they are quite special.

Valley Zoo has had lots of success at breeding red pandas and currently house five including She-Lei's parents Koko and Lala. It is important that offspring are transferred elsewhere to help other zoos and increase diversity throughout captive red pandas.

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A red panda cub at Dudley Zoo has been spotted venturing out of its nest for the first time. As staff mustn't disturb red panda cubs in their nest, it is only now that they have managed to ascertain the cub's gender as male. The cub's name is Yogi and is born to mother Yasmin; the father has shown no interest in raising Yogi. It is estimated that Yogi was born 4 months ago, at which point it is believed he weighed about 200g.

This is the first birth of a red panda cub at Dudley Zoo. The zoo received its first red panda, Yang, in 2003.

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Two new red panda cubs have made their debut at Oklahoma City Zoo. The red pandas were born on 24th June to mother Celeste and father Yoda. The male is named Biru, meaning 'bee', and the female is named Leela, meaning 'playful'.

Biru and Leela raise the total number of births at OCZ to seven. The previous set of cubs, born June 2009 also to Yoda and Celeste moved to other zoos as part of the Species Survival Plan in April this year. The male cub moved to Binder Park Zoo, and the female moved to Indianapolis Zoo.

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Today is international red panda day. This is a chance to raise awareness of red pandas. Please get everyone you can involved. There is a special talk on red pandas live now, you can watch it at Red Panda Network.

Why not browse some red panda photos at Flickr or read and contribute to the Wikipedia page?

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A new book by Angela Glatston, chair of the breeding program for red pandas in European zoos and curator of mammals at Rotterdam Zoo, is to be released on 22nd November. The book boasts information on every aspect of red pandas and looks to be what could become the authoritative work on the species. The book can be pre-ordered here on Amazon.

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Red panda, Yin, of Virginia Zoo was observed mating with her partner Oscar earlier this year. Now, it appears she may be pregnant. Although the Zoo does not possess the facilities to say so conclusively, the keepers have noticed a change in Yin's behaviour that suggests as such.

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