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

Despite having digestive systems typical of carnivores, their diet consists almost entirely of bamboo. The post Why giant ...

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

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

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

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

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

MiRNA plays “a role in regulating the gene expression of giant pandas,” said Dr Li Feng ... about 1% of their food comes from other plants - and even meat such as small rodents, according ...

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