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

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 ...

Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs. But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat ...

In the footage, a female zookeeper gently tries to guide the furball toward a bath, but the cub has no intention of going ...

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 ...

Nursing is often on display; giant pandas don’t eat solid foods until 6 months old. Tim Flach Keepers Juan Rodriguez (far left) and Marty Dearie examine Bao Bao. Tim Flach At 10 weeks old ...

To derive enough nutrients, pandas eat 20 to 40 pounds of plant material a day. To satisfy their love for particular flora that grows best beneath big, old trees with hidey-holes for stashing cubs ...

The giant panda's distinct black-and-white markings have two functions: camouflage and communication. Most of the panda - its face, neck, belly, rump - is white to help it hide in snowy habitats. The ...

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 on ...