Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet - and Chinese scientists ... China has drastically scaled up efforts to ...

A new study suggests that microRNA from plants can enter the bloodstream of bears and facilitate adaptation to a herbivorous ...

Genetic material from bamboo ... Giant panda babies are born 'undercooked' and no one knows why The researchers found that these miRNAs influenced the expression of genes related to the pandas’ ...

Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals ... China has drastically scaled up efforts to save the bears over the past decades, boosting the number of panda reserves from 12 to 67.

A panda eating bamboo. (Image credit: kiszon pascal via Getty Images) Genetic material from bamboo has been found in the blood of giant pandas, which may alter the feeding habits of these iconic ...

Giant panda bears evolved away from other bear species about 20 million years ago ... A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science points out that pandas have evolved in specific ways to ...

Red pandas are the puppies of the bear world. These endangered non-aggressive bears are protected in Myanmar, China, Bhutan, ...

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet ...