Baby Panda National Zoo

From Bao Bao and Bei Bei the pandas that made a splash at the National Zoo in Washington to Fiona the baby hippo, the pride and joy of Cincinnati. Across America, zoos and animal parks are looking for the next internet sensation - a strategy that tugs at the country's heartstrings and generates tons of clicks, but one that can also backfire.

Bei Bei did it again. The National Zoo's giant panda cub, who slept through his media debut in December and then snoozed through his public debut in January, demonstrated again on Saturday that he might benefit from an alarm clock.

Washingtonians got their first close-up look today at the giant panda cub Bei Bei, the new star of the National Zoo.

Cuteness overload, times two -- Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, gave birth to twin cubs on August 22. Both cubs, the first born at 5:35 pm and the second at 10:07 pm, are healthy and doing well.

From Bao Bao and Bei Bei the pandas that made a splash at the National Zoo in Washington to Fiona the baby hippo, the pride and joy of Cincinnati. Across America, zoos and animal parks are looking for the next internet sensation - a strategy that tugs at the country's heartstrings and generates tons of clicks, but one that can also backfire.

Bei Bei did it again. The National Zoo's giant panda cub, who slept through his media debut in December and then snoozed through his public debut in January, demonstrated again on Saturday that he might benefit from an alarm clock.

Washingtonians got their first close-up look today at the giant panda cub Bei Bei, the new star of the National Zoo.

Cuteness overload, times two -- Mei Xiang, a giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, gave birth to twin cubs on August 22. Both cubs, the first born at 5:35 pm and the second at 10:07 pm, are healthy and doing well.