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 ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. - On a wet Thursday morning in rural Virginia, a buzzing noise emerges from a patch of tall, green trees. A group of five workers, dressed in thick pants and boots and armed with ...

(WJAR) — Roger Williams Park Zoo held a bamboo-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new red panda habitat. The zoo is calling it a state-of-the-art sanctuary that was “meticulously ...

FRONT ROYAL, Va. — On a wet Thursday morning in rural Virginia, a buzzing noise emerges from a patch of tall, green trees. A group of five workers, dressed in thick pants and boots and armed with ...

A red panda named Barney was rescued from a tree after he escaped from his enclosure at the Cologne Zoo earlier this week in Cologne, Germany, the zoo posted on its social media accounts on Jan. 19.

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

PROVIDENCE − The Roger Williams Park Zoo says it has brought a bit of the Himalayas to Providence to make its two red pandas feel at home. With a ceremonial "bamboo cutting" Friday, the zoo opened its ...

Red pandas are not directly related to giant pandas, but were the first pandas! We often call giant pandas just “panda,” but it is the red panda that deserves the single name. They were first ...

Giant pandas are an evolutionary mystery when it comes to their diets. Although pandas are herbivores, their guts are more like those of carnivores. After all, pandas are true bears, and most bears ...

Born into the world covered in grey fur with their eyes closed, red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are small, cute, and fascinating creatures. These beautiful mammals are native to the Eastern Himalayas and ...