Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) conservation is a possible success story in the
making. If extinction of this iconic endangered species can be avoided, the species will …

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered on the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) storied Red List. The decision to downlist the …

Background The gut microbiota of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a global
symbol of conservation, are believed to be involved in the host's dietary switch to a fibrous …

Abstract As Charles Darwin anticipated, living fossils provide excellent opportunities to study
evolutionary questions related to extinction, competition, and adaptation. Ginkgo (Ginkgo …

Characteristics of the gut microbiome vary synchronously with changes in host diet.
However, the underlying effects of these fluctuations remain unclear. Here, we performed …

The carnivoran giant panda has a specialized bamboo diet, to which its alimentary tract is
poorly adapted. Measurements of daily energy expenditure across five captive and three …

Wild giant pandas use different parts of bamboo (shoots, leaves and stems) and different
bamboo species at different times of the year. Their usage of bamboo can be classified …

Background The gut microbiota play important roles in host adaptation and evolution, but
are understudied in natural population of wild mammals. To address host adaptive evolution …

Bamboo rats (Rhizomys pruinosus) are among the few mammals that lives on a bamboo-
based diet which is mainly composed of lignocellulose. However, the mechanisms of …

Giant pandas and red pandas are endangered species with similar specialized bamboo diet
and partial sympatric distribution in China. Over the last two decades, the rapid development …