Paleontologists recently discovered an omnivorous ancestor of the giant panda, Kretzoiarctos beatrix, at a fossil site in ...

Starting with the obvious, the giant panda is one of the most iconic ... and scientists believe they evolved to eat meat.

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 ... as ...

Tim Flach Bamboo makes up 99 percent of a giant panda’s diet. Zoo pandas (Mei Xiang above) also eat sugar cane, apples and rice gruel. Tim Flach If Mei Xiang lived in the wild, her black-and ...

Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are capable of killing and eating panda cubs ... designed for crushing bamboo, they can deliver a very ...

The giant panda is well known for its vegetarianism – but don’t be fooled, despite choosing bamboo 99% of the time wild pandas are still carnivores and have been known to eat meat. A giant ...

eats the roots of the bamboo growth which obviously kills the plant, leaving one less plant for the giant panda to eat. 4. What is the life span of a giant panda? The average life span of the ...

Known for their distinctive black-and-white fur, giant pandas are one of the most recognizable and beloved creatures in the world. A Final Takeoff The Art of Sausage Making Jose Gomez-Marquez ...

"Memphis Zoo is devasted [sic] to announce the passing of Giant panda 'Le Le,' " the zoo said ... while covering himself with freshly shredded bamboo. He had an easy-going personality and was ...