All three pandas at the National Zoo are scheduled to leave by December 7 in accordance with an agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. It’s not known if any pandas will be returning in the near future.

It’s the first set of twins of the species to be born at the Zoo in 16 years.

The cheetah cubs have already made their Instagram debut.

Two Sumatran tiger cubs were born on August 5, according to a release, a major victory for conservation efforts.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo welcomed a baby gazelle last week, and—surprise, surprise—it’s already adorable after just seven days of life. The male dama gazelle, which does not yet have a name, was born September 4 in an off-site exhibit.

Friday can be so boring. Sick of working? Take a few moments to gaze on this photo newly posted by the National Zoo of a two-day-old kiwi chick.

Breaking, incredibly important Friday afternoon news from the National Zoo: the Zoo’s adorable ferret kit has now been named Rosebud.

Oh, National Zoo, we knew you wouldn’t let us go for long without offering an offering of squee to help us get through these quickly-turning-brisk days.

via The National Zoo’s Twitter feed brings a tiny mouthful of adorable today in the form of a one-week-old red panda cub. The cub joins the two adults already living at the Zoo’s nature trail (we suppose this is how these things usually proceed). Quoth the Zoo’s release on the topic, “It was love at first sight for Shama and Tate, the Zoo’s red pandas, and now, nearly a year and a half after…

It’s been at least a couple months since we had any new baby animals to coo over at the National Zoo, but the wait is now over! The Zoo recently posted these photos to its Flickr feed of its new dama gazelle calf. The baby gazelle, a girl, was born on Friday to proud parents Adara and Rajih. Zoo officials say the calf is currently off-exhibit, along with her mother, while she nurses, but hopefully…