Bao Li munches on bamboo next to the artificial pool in his indoor area. The Zoo’s pandas also eat relatively small amounts of carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, and “panda bread”.

And some scientists say bamboo could also help reduce climate change. As bamboo grows, it quickly absorbs a lot of planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Then if people use the bamboo to ...

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet ...

Pandas are cute, but evolution hasn’t been kind to them. From their inefficient bamboo diet to their clumsy behavior and difficulty reproducing, these bears are a biological mystery. Dive into the ...

And while their large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles are designed for crushing bamboo, they can deliver a very nasty bite. In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to ...