Yang Guang

How We Artificially Inseminated Tian Tian at Edinburgh Zoo

Iain Valentine | Posted 27.04.2013 | UK
Iain Valentine

Artificial insemination was always planned for our pandas, even if natural mating occurred, because it best mimics the multiple mating strategy of pandas in the wild. Like IVF, artificial insemination is essentially an opportunity for science to give Mother Nature a helping hand.

Edinburgh Zoo Plays Marvin Gaye To Get Pandas 'In The Mood'

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK Comedy

So Tian Tian, Edinburgh Zoo's female panda, will soon be entering That Phase. No, not the menopause. The two days of the year that she's likely to be ...

PHOTOS: Pandas Fail To Find Love

PA | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK

Britain's only pandas have run out of time to mate as their limited breeding season drew to a close. Tian Tian and Yang Guang had a window of just ...

PHOTOS: Pandas Running Out Of Time To Mate

PA | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK

Britain's only pandas will have one final chance to do the deed this morning as time runs out for them to breed successfully. Yesterday "natural sp...

Will It Be Love For Edinburgh Zoo's Panda Pair?

PA | Posted 03.04.2012 | UK

With the eyes of the world upon them, the UK's only pandas could be forgiven for suffering stage fright - as the pair failed to mate after being broug...

Edinburgh Pandas Go Climbing

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK

Pandas don't only eat shoots and leaves, they also... climb! At least if the UK's only giant pandas Yang Guang and Tian Tian are anything to go by. ...

Jealous Penguins Pelt Panda Visitors With Oily Fish Poo At Edinburgh Zoo

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK

The considerable news attention devoted to “celebrity” pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang is provoking jealousy from an unlikely quarter, as the peng...

Celebrity Pandas Meet The Public At Edinburgh Zoo

PA | Posted 16.12.2011 | UK

The first giant pandas to live in the UK for 17 years are going on show to the public. Tian Tian and Yang Guang have been getting used to their new...