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 ...

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 ...

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

As carnivores, giant pandas shouldn’t really eat bamboo, but they do! Join a Smithsonian curator to explore the internal adaptations of giant pandas for their diet. You’ll also discover what panda ...

Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being ...

The next time you see bamboo shoots at the grocery store, you may want to consider adding it to your cart.

The bears, Shuangshuang, Chongchong, Xixi, and Qingqing, took their seats around the wooden table, peeling and munching on fresh bamboo shoots as part of a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration, in a scene ...