Keeping two giant pandas well-fed is no small task. Now, the caretakers at the national zoo are taking an up-close look at ...

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 ...

Camouflaged by a bamboo thicket, a giant panda will spend much of the day surrounded by and munching on its favorite food at Bifengxia. Pandas used to eat both meat and plants. At least two ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based ... gene expression of giant pandas,” said Dr ...

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 ...

Giant panda Nuo Mi rests at the Shenshuping giant panda base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan ...

eat some bamboo then maybe go for a second breakfast," Wendt said. "It kind of depends on the day." The arrival of Xin Bao and Yun Huan marked the first time giant pandas have entered the United ...