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 ...

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. They say gorging on ...

Together with its black-and-white fur, slothful behavior and cuddly demeanor, bamboo is a defining feature of the critically-endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). A single panda can consume ...

Tiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

This is the amusing moment a giant panda was spotted relaxing as it munched on lengths of bamboo. Holidaymaker Beau Dacanay ...

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 ...

In fact, 90% of the Sequoia Park Zoo red panda’s diet is made up of the woody plant that’s part of the grass family. “Red pandas have special adaptations for eating bamboo. … A single red panda can ...