More Pandas?! OK - you got it. 

A little panda stretch and yoga to shake out the sleep. This panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China looks like he’s preparing for shavasana. 

The Nature Reserve works to replenish the world’s panda population. As the situation at the National Zoo in DC highlights, panda babies are delicate beings. Fourteen-year-old panda, Mei Xiang, has had five failed pregnancies before giving birth to the latest cub who died this week. Tiny, hairless, and vulnerable to infection, keeping panda cubs alive can be a struggle. 

But when they do survive, man are they playful! We’ve got weekly highlights like pandas sharing some bamboo or panda cubs pulling each other down a slide or across a see-saw. Visit and learn more: Explore.org.

Brown Bears have more or less been on a steady rise at Brooks River. From under 20 bears in 1988 to over 70 this year, they continue to grow. And in no small way thanks to this matriarchal heroine. Nicknamed Milkshake for her coloring, “records from the past 20 years indicate that she is one of the most fertile and successful female bears that regularly uses the Brooks River area. In 2003, #236 was observed with four spring cubs, which is unusual for any sow. Remarkably, she returned to the Brooks River in 2010 with four more spring.”

Learn to identify the bears here and check them out live again soon at Explore.org.

Siku is now half a year old and weighs almost 100 lbs! Remember when he was this tiny? In commemoration of his transition into bearhood, here’s one of our favorite clips from the Siku live camera in which Siku makes an unexpected friend.