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.

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.

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 ...

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 ... points out that pandas have evolved in specific ways to make eating bamboo easier, including a pseudo thumb for holding bamboo and ...

"MiRNA in bamboo can enter giant pandas' bodies through diet, be absorbed by the intestine, enter the blood circulation, and then regulate when the giant panda's ... as pandas eat more bamboo ...

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 ...