One of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo could give birth to a baby cub any day now Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE.

If they pass all the tests at Harvard, they’re ready to graduate into the real world ... few opportunities that I was allowed to hold a baby panda, I literally thought I was going to die ...

which is why there always seems to be such breathless anticipation when a captive panda reaches the end of what might be a real gestation. It’s a lot like a royal baby watch, but with one major ...

A zoo in China is going viral for disguising dogs as baby pandas. The Taizhou Zoo in Northern China opened a new exhibit with several Chow Chow dogs that had been given a black and white makeover.