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 ...

Two new residents woke up with the rest of Washington, D.C., this week, hungry and ready to settle in. Staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo said Bao Li and Qing Bao, a pair of 3-year-old ...

“They’re eating and are sleeping,” said Michael Brown-Palsgrove, curator of Asia Trail and the giant pandas - signs, he says, of “well-adjusted” and “active” bears. The pandas are ...

To a lesser degree the Bamboo Rat which burrows underground, eats the roots of the bamboo growth which obviously kills the plant, leaving one less plant for the giant panda to eat. 4. What is the ...

A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are ...

Get a behind the scenes look at how staff are helping giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao settle into their new home at the ...

The bamboo that giant pandas eat was flown in from the Netherlands. The Chinese Embassy in Helsinki noted to Finnish media that Beijing had tried to help Ähtäri to solve its financial ...

You may have read in our recent news article that the National Zoo in Washington, DC, recently welcomed two new giant pandas ...