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There is nothing cuter than a couple of baby animals. So now, when stress levels and tensions are high, here is your moment of zen. The National Zoo’s adorable baby panda is already two months old and thriving — growing and amusing everyone who watches him on the zoo’s live closed-circuit camera. And then there […]
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The Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a new baby panda bear on August 21, but until now the zoo’s biologists did not know whether that little ball of fur is a boy or a girl. In a gender reveal video released earlier this week we learned it is a boy! The baby is doing great — […]
Continue Reading 166 wordsEvery mother has experienced this same thing — leave your new baby alone for an instant and they go bananas! Watch this video, and check out the baby Panda that was born a week ago at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The mom, Mei Xiang, gets up and walks out for a minute to […]
Continue Reading 140 wordsI guess we could say “keep your paws” crossed for many things having to do with nature and the environment. But this week, in particular, we are waiting hopefully for the birth of a new baby panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington. The Zoo announced the good news this week saying that an […]
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