panda stretching between two rocks.

Popsicles and belly rubs: The joys of watching a panda grow up

Almost everybody loves pandas. After a year documenting a newborn cub, a photographer remembers when she did too.

Bei Bei stretches from rock to rock in his enclosure. From birth, he was a star attraction at the National Zoo.
This story appears in the September 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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