Polar bears are older than previously announced
But research by Frank Hailer and colleagues published on April 19 shows that the species has 600,000 years of being familiar with polar conditions. And it also means that polarRaccoons used to be brutal carnivores
According to Nicole MacCorkle, panda care worker at Smithsonian National Park (Washington DC, USA), pandas still eat meat if people give it to them, but do not actively hunt.