"Today's giant pandas are part of the group of carnivores ... Specialization in the panda's diet only came about late in its evolution," said Professor Madelaine Böhme from the Senckenberg ...

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 ...

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves ... Indeed, as members of the bear family, giant pandas possess the digestive system of a carnivore, although they have evolved to depend ...

For decades, the giant panda has frustrated scientists ... mountainous regions of China where bamboo — basically a panda’s entire diet — is plentiful. And over the years, development has ...

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 ...

Keeping two giant pandas well fed is so small task. Photojournalist Parrish Smith takes us to the Smithsonian Conservation ...

The giant panda is listed as endangered in the World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Animals. It is one of the most critically endangered species in the world. There are about ...

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 ...