Giant pandas don't eat meat because chemicals in the bamboo they chomp on changing their tastes, suggests new research.

Tiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet.

Even though they're in the animal kingdom's order of Carnivora – carnivorous species – Giant pandas spend up to 16 hours a ...

Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals’ actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based ...

Despite their carnivorous digestive systems, giant pandas thrive on bamboo, and now scientists may have uncovered a key reason why. Researchers found that microRNAs from bamboo enter pandas’ bodies ...

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

Giant panda twin cubs make their debut appearance before the media at Hong Kong's Ocean Park on Feb 15. CHAN LONG HEI/AP .

Through the tireless work of environmentalists, researchers, and local communities, these animals have rebounded from the ...