For years research has focused on Qizai, who lives in the Louguantai Wild Animal Breeding and Protection Center in Xi’An, China, and who is the only brown-and-white panda in captivity.

Qizai is a 7-year-old brown panda and is believed to be the only one of its kind in the world. He lives at the Foping Panda Valley in China. When he was younger, he was abandoned by his mother and ...