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

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

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 ...

Xiang Xiang enjoys eating bamboo shoots. Xiang Xiang's new home is at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya'an, Sichuan Province. The area is believed to be home to ...

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 ...

In breeding centres and zoos, workers will actually switch the babies around so both panda cubs get enough milk from the mother. Although giant pandas eat fruit and bamboo, they have teeth that ...