As bamboo is not particularly nutritious, the giant panda must eat lots of bamboo every day and can consume up to 65 pounds of bamboo leaves, shoots, and stems, which is roughly 40% of its body weight ...

He loves his bamboo,” said Michael Brown-Palsgrove, curator of giant pandas and Asia Trail. “Our female [Qing Bao] is a little bit more independent and reserved. She’s very confident.” ...

Public visitors are this week finally allowed to see the pair at the free-entry zoo and more likely than not, the pandas will be snacking on bamboo harvested at this hilly farm. But satisfying ...

On a snow-blanketed field in Virginia, a handful of workers were silent but for the groan of a chainsaw chopping through bamboo -- a delicacy for their furry clients down the road in the US ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo new pandas add to the already high demands at the bamboo farm The Smithsonian's National Zoo new pandas add to the already high demands at the bamboo farm The pandas ...

then stuffed up to 700 bamboo stalks into a pickup truck to be driven 70 miles (110 kilometres) to the Smithsonian's National Zoo to feed, among others, its newly arrived pandas.

The team, bundled up for the cold, then stuffed up to 700 bamboo stalks into a pickup truck to be driven 70 miles (110 kilometres) to the Smithsonian's National Zoo to feed, among others, its newly ...

oohing and ahhing as the bears climb trees and eat bamboo. If you’re ready to welcome the third pair of pandas to the zoo, here’s what you need to know. Yes. The zoo began requiring free daily ...

Millions of years ago, pandas ate meat like other bears. Over time, they adapted to a bamboo-heavy diet. Their digestive system still resembles that of a carnivore, which is why they need to eat so ...