The term "panda" is believed to be derived ... not their dietary preference. Because red pandas descended from a shared ancestor with other carnivores, they share cat-like facial features and ...

Ancestor worship has a long-standing tradition ... temple to discuss Mei’s bittersweet ability to turn into a red Panda and how to control this monster. It is also portrayed as a centre for ...

Even though bats and birds didn't evolve from a common ancestor, they both have wings ... as a team of researchers found when they sequenced the red panda genome. Both giant and red pandas ...

Knoxville likes to call itself the unofficial red panda capital of the world, and part of the reason dates back more than 4.5 million years. Despite their name, these little guys have no relation ...

Juan Abella, a paleontologist at Spain’s Catalan Institute of Paleontology who helped discover the earliest known panda ancestor ... which were passed on to the red panda.

While pandas both giant and red share a common name, given their obvious physical differences you might expect them to not share a scientific name. Confusingly, they almost do. The giant panda's ...

Officials say Ruby the red panda was found dead by her care team ... While separate from giant pandas, red pandas share a distant ancestor with their similarly-named counterparts.