Pandas

It's almost time to name the newborn giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and keepers want the public to weigh in on five possible monikers, including Bao Bao and Mulan.

Finally, panda fans can get their dose of cute, right? Not so fast, with so many visitors, the cam has reached its limit, meaning some will see a black screen rather than 8-week-old cub.

The giant panda, Tian Tian, seems to have miscarried after weeks of showing signs of being in late-term pregnancy, Edinburgh Zoo officials said today (Oct. 15).

Dozens of giant panda experts are meeting at the Edinburgh Zoo this week to hammer out a plan outlining how best to care for and study the world's rarest bears.

The panda cub born last month at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is female and her father is the zoo's male panda, Tian Tian, genetic tests revealed.

The female panda was artificially inseminated this spring, though keepers didn't know if she was experiencing a pseudopregnancy or not.