New Experimental Podcast: How Pandas Became Vegetarians

As members of the bear family, giant pandas have the digestive systems of carnivores. And yet they dine almost exclusively on bamboo plants – they’re carnivores who’ve chosen to be vegetarians. A new study shows how pandas survive on a diet for which they don't seem to be particularly well adapted.Listen to my podcast here: Pandas: How Carnivorous Bears Became Vegetarians.