Now a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, indicates that molecules found in bamboo may be ...

Learn more about how miRNA may have regulated the gene expression in pandas, helping them adapt to eating more plants.

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

“MiRNA in bamboo can enter giant pandas’ bodies through diet, be absorbed by the intestine, enter the blood circulation, and then regulate when the giant panda ... as pandas eat more bamboo ...

Giant pandas don't eat meat because chemicals in the bamboo they ... and then regulate when the giant panda’s RNA transfers information, thus playing a role in regulating the gene expression ...

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

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat ... and even meat. While they ...

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

Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet ... the gene expression of giant pandas,” said Dr Li Feng ...

The giant panda is well known for its vegetarianism – but don’t be fooled, despite choosing bamboo 99% of the time wild pandas are still carnivores and have been known to eat meat. A giant ...