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

Scientists discovered that bamboo's miRNA enters giant pandas' blood, influencing their feeding habits and taste perception.

Tiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet.

The researchers believe that by the time a baby panda grows up, it will develop the ability to pick the freshest and most nutritious bamboo, which enables them to adapt to a plant-based diet.

Despite their carnivorous digestive systems, giant pandas thrive on bamboo, and now scientists may have uncovered a key reason why. Researchers found that microRNAs from bamboo enter pandas’ bodies ...

Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have ...

Even though they're in the animal kingdom's order of Carnivora – carnivorous species – Giant pandas spend up to 16 hours a ...

Just as everyone knows Winnie the Pooh loves hunny, everyone knows the favorite food of adorable black and white panda bears ...

A panda eating bamboo. (Image credit: kiszon pascal via Getty Images) Genetic material from bamboo has been found in the blood of giant pandas, which may alter the feeding habits of these iconic ...