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A suite of energy-saving traits, including underactive thyroid glands, allows giant panda bears to survive almost exclusively on bamboo, according to a new study. A suite of energy-saving traits, ...

When San Diego Zoo visitors drop in on Bai Yun, the giant panda, they see what most humans see when they look at these endangered creatures: a Beanie baby come to life. Cute. Cuddly. Too toylike to be ...

China has extended its loan of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo until next year. But the goals of the program are changing, thanks to a development almost unthinkable when the conservation project ...

Fossils found in southwestern China give a hint to the development of the panda’s sixth digit — a rudimentary, thumblike bone extension. By Jack Tamisiea Giant pandas are dietary enigmas. Despite ...

There’s a story going round about Chinese scientists who have discovered a “powerful antibiotic” in the blood of the giant panda. It seems to have originated in the Daily Telegraph, where Richard Gray ...

A cuddly creature famous for its tumbles is now associated with a rolling of a different kind — this time, in horse manure. "Pandas not only frequently sniffed and wallowed in fresh horse manure, but ...

Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) may not be quite the lone rangers they’re reputed to be, researchers report March 27 in the Journal of Mammology. A research team strapped GPS collars to five ...

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A newborn red panda is receiving drawings from fans for his room at a North Carolina Science Center. Greensboro Science Center Greensboro Science Center Fans are showing love for a newborn endangered ...