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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Beyond books, the team has built a variety of science educational platforms. They have hosted online science programs and ...