The world's oldest giant panda, a 34-year old female called Ming Ming has died, said the China Panda Protection Center in Sichuan. According to their statement, she passed away due to kidney failure on May 7, but it wasn't until today that the news was released to the media. Ming Ming lived to a ripe old age at a center in Guangdong--pandas live on average 15 years in the wild and 22 years in captivity. [ more › ]