In this post you can see a youtube video of Ya Ya & Le Le, enjoying some time together at the Memphis Zoo.

Memphis Zoo researcher, Dr. Erin Willis, will befeatured in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) online publication PLoS ONE this month for her work in researching the pregnancy of giant pandas. Dr. Willis’ recent breakthrough has unveiled a potential method of early pregnancy detection among giant pandas. The findings of this initial study could prove
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For a few years now Ya Ya, the Memphis Zoo’s female giant panda, has been a little off. She goes into her annual estrus (fertile cycle) during the holiday season. That’s months before pandas are typically fertile, which is for only a few days between March and May. Zoo officials think that may be why
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It was definite. Ya Ya won’t become a mother anytime soon. Although an ultrasound last week showed a fetal sack and a flicker of a heartbeat, the test on Tuesday found the sack empty and the heartbeat gone. Ya Ya and Le Le live in Memphis since April 7, 2003. They are on a 10
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Our Team visited Memphis Zoo on October 9 & 10, 2009

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://resources.news.fedex.designcdt.com/fedexvideo.js”></script><script type=”text/javascript”>fedexvideo(“http://resources.news.fedex.designcdt.com”, “FedExShipsPandasMemphisZoo23″, 2467)</script> Ya Ya & Le Le, two giant pandas were special passengers on a 2003 FedEx Express flight from Beijing to Memphis, where they arrived at their new home at the Memphis Zoo. Source: http://news.van.fedex.com/node/2467?mid=542