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.

China is the world’s largest bamboo supplier, with over 4.22 billion poles produced in 2022. In addition, its total industry output reached $ 74.2 billion in 2023. As a global leader in bamboo ...

The frogs lay eggs in the broken openings of bamboo. Luo J, Zhang B'an, Pan Y, Yu G (2025) Zoosystematics and Evolution The new species was found in Huaping National Natural Reserve in Guangxi, an ...

Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have ...

KUCHING: Two China-based companies have provided a shot in the arm for Sarawak’s large-scale bamboo processing industry, with an estimated investment of RM1.8bil. Sichuan Vanov New Materials Co ...

On a mountain in southern China, a blotchy brown creature with yellow fingertips perched on some bamboo. Its “large” eyes scanned the surrounding forest, but it wasn’t the only one looking around.

China's resilience is also deeply rooted in its cultural heritage. The traditional "three friends of winter" - pine, bamboo, ...

“We showed that plant-derived miRNAs are present in the blood of giant pandas,” Feng Li, a researcher at China West Normal ...