Spots! I knew that I was looking at a very young fawn – the kind I usually see in late June or early July. But this was mid-October. There shouldn’t be a fawn this young out here at this time ...

Male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Oct. 24, 2024. Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.