An international team of researchers led by China West Normal University (CWNU) has found that tiny plant molecules from bamboo have infiltrated the bodies of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca ...

Of the eight large bears still alive today, only one is vegan. A study shows why the panda was able to adapt to a diet of bamboo, even though its metabolism is designed to eat meat. Bears are ...

The stem cells can then be "nudged into becoming any kind of cell in the body" and "could help researchers breed more giant ...

Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) belong to the order Carnivora, but they mainly feed on bamboo, and their unique dietary adaptability has always been the focus of research. Recent research ...

Male pandas are called boars. Female pandas are called sows. Their young are known as cubs. The fur is patterned to break up ...

mid-1970s A number of pandas in the northern part of their range are thought to be starving after a mass flowering and subsequent die-off of bamboo, as happens periodically 1974-1977 Ministry of ...

mid-1970s A number of pandas in the northern part of their range are thought to be starving after a mass flowering and subsequent die-off of bamboo, as happens periodically 1974-1977 Ministry of ...

Most of us prefer a bit of variety in what we eat. Not true for these five "specialist" species, who seem perfectly content ...

Despite their exalted status and relative lack of natural predators, pandas are still at risk. Severe threats from humans have left just over 1,800 pandas in the wild. The panda, with its distinctive ...

1 Experimental Animal Disease Model Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China 2 Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration ...