the Red Panda Returns to National Zoo Life in the trees, not bamboo, shaped the panda’s “thumb” Life in the trees, not bamboo, shaped the panda’s “thumb” ...

Fossils unearthed in China are helping scientists get a better grasp on one of the marvels of evolution: the giant panda’s false thumb, which helps this veggie-loving bear munch the bamboo that ...

So, which one is the real panda? Red pandas feed mainly on bamboo using their opposable thumb. While their thumb-like appendages can be used in the same way as that of giant pandas, it is believed ...