Giant pandas come from a carnivorous lineage and retain a meat eater’s digestive system. So how do they survive on a bamboo-only diet that should otherwise kill them? According to a new study ...

Giant panda's bamboo diet still looks surprisingly carnivorous Date: May 2, 2019 Source: Cell Press Summary: Giant pandas are unusual in being extremely specialized herbivores that feed almost ...

Ancient pandas were omnivores for millions of years before switching to a vegan diet in Asia, a new study reveals.

Scientists discover how bamboo affects pandas' behavior, taste, and smell. Find out how this plant shapes their diet and behavior.

Giant pandas can survive on low-nutrient food like bamboo because they have low levels of physical activity and underactive thyroid glands, scientists say.

Despite feeding almost exclusively on bamboo, the nutrients that giant pandas consume and absorb most closely resembles that of carnivores, a joint Chinese-Australian study revealed on Friday.

Giant pandas are unusual in being extremely specialized herbivores that feed almost exclusively on highly fibrous bamboo, despite belonging to a clade (Carnivora) of primarily flesh-eating ...

Giant panda’s gut bacteria help it remain chubby despite bamboo diet, researchers say Pandas eat low-nutrient meals of fibrous bamboo leaves for the majority of the year but manage to stay fat ...

THE GIANT PANDA is beloved of conservationists. It is the mascot of the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly the World Wildlife Fund) and, with its striking black-and-white pelage, is one of ...

Biologists have shed new light on some of the giant panda's unusual biological traits, including its famously restricted diet.

"The panda's bamboo diet may be dictated by its gut bacteria rather than by its own genetic composition," says Wang Jun, deputy director of the Beijing Genomics Institute in Shenzhen, Guangdong ...