This new video from the National Zoo is edited without any real narrative in mind, but it sure does feature a lot of cute baby animals! Take a look for your first glimpse of the Zoo's new baby red panda, along with video images of the newest clouded leopard cub and the Przewalski’s horse foal. more ›

In our frenzy to celebrate the birth of another fuzzy-wuzzy clouded leopard cub, we failed to report that two other baby animals were also born at the National Zoo in the last few days. more ›

What is in the water at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation & Research Center in Front Royal, Va.? Today the Zoo announced that another endangered clouded leopard cub - yes, that's in addition to the two that were born there in March - was born on Friday. more ›

It's a double dose of adorable today from the National Zoo. As good DCist readers, you know that we've had two batches of baby animals to coo at lately: the giant anteater pup who has a thingee, and the pair of clouded leopard cubs (also with thingees). Today we've learned, via the Zoo's Flickr stream, that our anteater pal has been named. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Cyrano. He's gaining a pound a week, nursing and hanging out on his mother's back all day. more ›

Gaaah, the National Zoo is just killing us with this latest round of photos of their new clouded leopard cubs. Today the Zoo announced that both of the cubs are boys, a fact veterinarians weren't able to establish right away. The cubs, who sadly won't be on display at the Zoo, were born two weeks ago at the Zoo’s Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Va. more ›

There's pretty much only one word to describe this new video from the National Zoo of one of its day-old clouded leopard cubs feeding from a bottle: Squeeeeee! more ›

Two clouded leopard cubs were born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s Conservation & Research Center in Front Royal, Va. today, taking an immediate, commanding lead in the baby animal birth cute-off that's been going on for the past couple of months (see the elephant shrew saga, the giant anteater and the close second for Top Cute, the baby gorilla, for the entire story). more ›