In fact, 90% of the Sequoia Park Zoo red panda’s diet is made up of the woody plant that’s part of the grass family. “Red pandas have special adaptations for eating bamboo. … A single red panda can ...

Together with its black-and-white fur, slothful behavior and cuddly demeanor, bamboo is a defining feature of the critically-endangered giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). A single panda can consume ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet – and Chinese scientists now think they know why.

Tiny scraps of genetic material from bamboo might influence the genes of pandas, helping them adapt to a mostly bamboo diet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...