After birth, red pandas stay tucked away with their mothers for roughly three months. They’ll be nursed for up to five months before the cubs can eat solid foods, such as bamboo leaves. Red pandas are ...

Giant panda bears evolved away from other bear species about 20 million years ago. Though they have similar characteristics, like body shape and digestive system, they greatly differ in preferred ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science points out that pandas have evolved in specific ways to make eating bamboo easier, including a pseudo thumb for holding bamboo and flatter ...

Pandas live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China, where they subsist almost entirely on bamboo. They must eat around 26 to 84 pounds of it every day, depending on what ...

Here’s what else you can learn about cute, grape-eating red pandas like this one. After birth, red pandas stay tucked away with their mothers for roughly three months. They’ll be nursed for up ...

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 ...

The researchers believe that as pandas eat more bamboo as they grow, certain miRNAs accumulate, modulate gene expression, and aid in the adaptation to the taste of bamboo. These miRNAs might also ...

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 ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — 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.