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” ...

Despite sharing the “panda” name, red pandas and giant pandas are completely different species. From their diets and habitats to their family trees, this side-by-side comparison reveals just how ...

While their thumb-like appendages can be used in the same way as that of giant pandas, it is believed that the red panda’s opposable thumbs may have evolved as an adaptation for grasping branches in ...