While studying fossils of an ancient panda relative at the Hammerschmiede site in Allgäu, Germany, researchers discovered that these early bears had a much more diverse diet than their bamboo-loving ...

If you’ve grown up always having been aware of pandas, it doesn’t seem all that strange on its surface. Of course they’re calm and maybe a little clumsy, they’re pandas. However, when you really step ...

Fossils found in southwestern China give a hint to the development of the panda’s sixth digit — a rudimentary, thumblike bone extension. By Jack Tamisiea Giant pandas are dietary enigmas. Despite ...

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Hong Kong (CNN) — Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet – and Chinese scientists now think they know why.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Genome mapping showing that pandas may prefer a bamboo-based diet ...

The bears, Shuangshuang, Chongchong, Xixi, and Qingqing, took their seats around the wooden table, peeling and munching on fresh bamboo shoots as part of a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration, in a scene ...

If there’s anything that’s known for eating the same thing every day, it’s the giant panda. It only eats bamboo, making picky toddlers seem like gourmets in comparison. But despite its 24-hour bamboo ...

The gut microbiome determines the body’s response to seasonal dietary shifts in the giant panda by synchronizing the body’s peripheral biorhythms that modulate metabolism, new research from China ...

Are Giant pandas closer to bears or raccoons? It turns out that based on their eating habits, they share qualities of both. Perhaps pandas are not the vegetarians they seem to be. Who doesn’t love a ...