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

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

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 ...

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

The giant panda primarily eats bamboo and so has a number of physical adaptations to help with its consumption including an extension of their wrist bone, which acts a bit like a thumb, allowing the ...

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

Giant panda cubs are pictured at the Ocean Park Hong Kong in south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Duo) Visitors take pictures of a giant panda at Ocean Park Hong Kong in Hong Kong, ...

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"I feel like I've been promoted to a grandmother," she said with a smile. Five-year-old giant panda Ke Ke, petite and round, walked through a wooden tunnel, picked up a piece of bamboo and climbed ...

As of this week, the zoo is seeking an “Assistant Curator of Giant Pandas” with “basic knowledge in bamboo.” The job has a low salary range for the Bay Area — $67,000 to $72,000 per ...

is very similar in appearance to the giant panda in terms of length and weight. Its main distinguishing feature is its color, usually dark to light brown, with dark patches under its eyes.