The Hammerschmiede fossil site in southern Germany has yielded finds from about 11.5 million years ago that have rewritten evolutionary history. The sole species of bear discovered to date at the site ...
The giant panda feeds exclusively on fibrous bamboo, yet they still manage to stay chubby and healthy. In a study published January 18 in the journal Cell Reports, researchers reveal that shifts in ...
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The gut microbiome determines the body’s response to seasonal dietary shifts in the giant panda by synchronizing the body’s peripheral biorhythms that modulate metabolism, new research from China ...
As thousands of giant panda lovers flock to see Adelaide Zoo's giant pandas, Wang Wang and Funi, a Chinese study has shown their genome is similar to the dog. Scientists from the Beijing Genomics ...
Results from the most comprehensive survey of China’s giant panda population reveal that there are nearly 1,600 pandas in the wild, over 40% more animals than previously thought to exist. Gland, ...
In the late 1980s, paleontologist Nikolai Spassov stumbled upon fossilized animal teeth in the National Museum of Natural History in Bulgaria. The fossil had a handwritten note with an indecipherable ...
A giant prehistoric panda lumbered through the forests and swamps of Eastern Europe 6 million years ago, according to new research. Its discovery adds to evidence the charismatic bears did not ...