Reporting from Washington — Interest in the impending birth of a panda at the National Zoo was so great this weekend that the famous “panda cam” crashed its Web page. And that was just for the first ...

Can panda poop help power the greener vehicles of tomorrow? It just might, scientists say, by yielding microbes that efficiently turn plant waste into biofuel—and the research just might help protect ...

Giant Pandas are widely-known for their unique black and white fur. All giant pandas have black ears, black fur around their white heads, a black band around their upper bodies and a white mid section ...

The Giant Pandas Ya Ya and Le Le at the Memphis Zoo are helping scientist Ashli Brown in her search to improve current methods for producing biofuels from non-food plant material, as opposed to corn ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Asia is home to five bear species: giant pandas, Asian black bears, sun bears, sloth bears and brown bears. Giant pandas garner far more attention ...

Giant pandas are black and white to hide and communicate White markings help pandas hide in the snow; black limbs provide camouflage in shady forests Darkness around the eyes and ears sends a warning ...

A new study suggests that molecules released by gut bacteria help pandas in their quest to gain weight from their nutrient-scarce bamboo diet. The lengths to which giant pandas go to maintain their ...

Biofuels might be a way to make energy out of renewable resources and cut dependence on fossil fuels, but currently, producing them from corn and other edible plants is largely impractical. Now, a ...

The giant panda's distinctive black-and-white fur makes it one of the most recognizable animals on the planet. But why does it have this unique coloring? To hide from predators, both in the snow and ...