Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A panda named Qing Bao eats bamboo after spending the day playing, at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington. - Kayla ...

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 ...

If you're a panda bear, there's one thing you do a lot: eat bamboo. These creatures actually spend up to 14 hours daily eating as much as 27 pounds of the plant. New research gives a clue as to why: ...

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.