Giant panda bears evolved away from other bear species about 20 million years ago. Though they have similar characteristics, like body shape and digestive system, they greatly differ in preferred ...

The bear lived during the Miocene epoch, which ended about 5.3 million years ago, and, based on the size of its teeth, it was probably about the size of a modern giant panda.

Fossilized teeth found in the 1970s in Bulgaria may actually be from a distinct panda species, the last one to reside in Europe.

A previously unknown species of giant panda that roamed Europe's wetlands 6 million years ago has been identified after the discovery of two teeth stored in a Bulgarian museum.

A previously unknown species of giant panda that roamed Europe’s wetlands 6 million years ago has been identified after the discovery of two teeth stored in a Bulgarian museum.

When researchers examined the teeth, which had been kept in storage for around 40 years, they discovered that the fossils belonged to a never-before-seen species of ancient European panda.

Among the fossils was a species of bear closely related to the modern giant panda. This bear, Kretzoiarctos beatrix, was found to have an omnivorous diet, ... The Teeth Reveal Dietary Habits.

An ancient species of European panda may have been one of the last of its kind to roam the continent.. Discovered in Bulgaria, Agriarctos nikolovi was described from two fossil teeth unearthed in the ...