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 ...

Giant panda bears evolved away from other bear species about 20 million years ago. Though they have similar characteristics, like body shape ... ways to make eating bamboo easier, including ...

like body shape and digestive system, they greatly differ in preferred diets. Most bear species will happily feast on meat, fish, and berries, while pandas tend to stick to bamboo. A new study ...

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 ...

The researchers believe that as pandas eat more bamboo as they grow ... a role in regulating gene expression can remain in the body, and those that do not play a role will be expelled," said ...

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 ...

Even though they're in the animal kingdom's order of Carnivora – carnivorous species – Giant pandas spend up to 16 hours a day on their backsides eating bamboo ... of the body's genetic ...