Scientists estimate that a giant panda ancestor split from the bear lineage 18 million years ... jaw muscles are all adapted to grinding bamboo, their primary food. Tim Flach Giant pandas (above ...

Giant pandas don't eat meat because chemicals in the bamboo they chomp on changing their tastes, suggests new research. Despite having digestive systems typical of carnivores, the diet of the ...

Whatever comes next in this bear’s conservation may decide ... Camouflaged by a bamboo thicket, a giant panda will spend much of the day surrounded by and munching on its favorite food at ...

while the giant panda was discovered much later in 1869, acquiring the name ‘panda’ as both species share similar feeding habits in the wild. So, which one is the real panda? Red pandas feed mainly on ...

"Memphis Zoo is devasted [sic] to announce the passing of Giant panda ... bear that enjoyed apples, engaging with enrichment and relaxing while covering himself with freshly shredded bamboo.

I am a giant panda. Exactly 50 years ago today ... My carnivore ancestors evolved into bamboo eaters and chose to live deep in the mountains, where there were few enemies. Wouldn’t it be ...

A theme park in South Korea is celebrating an adorable first. On July 7, a giant panda named Ai Bao gave birth to twin girls through natural breeding at the Everland theme park near Seoul ...

To put the giant panda iPSCs to the test, the team observed the formation of embryoid bodies, a collection of pluripotent stem cells that recapitulate some aspects of early embryogenesis. During this ...

After more than 100 days of rest, giant panda Fu Bao returned to public display on Tuesday at the Shenshuping base in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest Sichuan province, according to the ...