Here are some interesting facts about red panda that will leave you amazed. Despite their name, red pandas belong to a different family (Ailuridae) and are more closely related to weasels and raccoons ...

Rusty, 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” ...

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 ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science points out that pandas have evolved in specific ways to make eating bamboo easier, including a pseudo thumb for holding bamboo and flatter ...