Typically, the answer is no — although there are some rare exceptions. "There have been cases where wild giant pandas occasionally eat small animals," Li told Live Science in an email.

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. They say gorging ...

Even though they're in the animal kingdom's order of Carnivora – carnivorous species – Giant pandas spend up to 16 hours a day on their backsides eating bamboo. But contrary to the many jokes ...

Fans can see the two bears for free or tune into the relaunched giant panda cam. Today's the big day! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are making their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian ...

Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their official public debut on January 24, marking the first time visitors have been able to see pandas at the National Zoo since November 2023. Bao Li and Qing ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --The Smithsonian National Zoo Friday said giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao make their public debut Jan. 24. After their big day, the zoo will host the District of Panda Party ...

Pierre Comizzoli: Pandas are kind of magic, and in terms of evolution they are so unique because they are carnivores originally, you know, like any other bears, but they evolved very differently.

Staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo said Bao Li and Qing Bao, a pair of 3-year-old giant pandas, are acclimating to their new home in the nation’s capital after traveling 8,250 miles from ...

Two pandas are heading back to China eight years early amid lower-than-hoped-for visitor numbers at a zoo in rural Finland, and after the pair didn’t produce a cub. By Amelia Nierenberg and ...

The two giant pandas, the first to enter the U.S. in two decades, seemed unfazed by all the attention, sunbathing and chowing down on bamboo in their new home. For years, the Chinese government ...