Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) belong to the order Carnivora, but they mainly feed on bamboo, and their unique dietary adaptability has always been...
Brown-and-white giant pandas are distinct coat color mutants found exclusively in the Qinling Mountains of China.
Qi Zai, the only brown panda living in...
New research on the diets of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) adds evidence that bears are low-protein macronutrient...
Paleontologists in Bulgaria have described a new species of the panda genus Agriarctos, from two fossilized teeth dating to 5.5 million years ago.
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Shifts in the gut microbiota of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in the season when nutritious bamboo shoots become available helps the herbivorous...
While most mammals are drab browns and grays, there are a small number of well-known and intriguing exceptions. Perhaps the most famous of all is the giant...
The evolutionary adaptation of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) to bamboo diet has taken place by adaptations in its masticatory (chewing) system,...
Wild giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) not only frequently sniff and wallow in fresh horse manure at low ambient temperatures, but also actively rub...
An analysis of the skull biomechanics of Simosthenurus occidentalis, a species of giant short-faced kangaroo that persisted until about 42,000 years ago,...
Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) feed almost exclusively on highly fibrous bamboo, yet they bear a mix of herbivore and carnivore traits. A new study...
Today, giant pandas are represented by one iconic species, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, and they live only in the understory of particular mountains in southwestern...
A research team led by scientists at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has analyzed mitochondrial...
According to a new study led by Dr Yonggang Nie from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, bamboo-eating giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)...
Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) actually harbor carnivore-like gut microbiota predominated by bacteria such as Escherichia/Shigella and Streptococcus,...
A new study, led by Dr Vanessa Hull of the Michigan State University’s Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, has revealed more details on...
A new study on the skulls of Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), published in the journal Biology Letters, offers explanation...
An 11.6 million year old giant panda’s cousin, described earlier this year and attributed to the genus Agriarctos, has been re-evaluated and considered...
San Diego Zoo Global researchers, collaborating with Chinese scientists, have discovered that pandas make clear and specific choices about what trees are...
Scientists have discovered a new fossil species of bear that roamed what is now Spain in the Myocene period.
Artist’s reconstruction of Agriarctos beatrix...
