Since 2019, the Moscow Zoo has been home to giant pandas. These adorable black-and-white bears can eat up to 30 kilograms of bamboo a day and are considered a national treasure of China. In the summer of 2023, a daughter named Katyusha was born to the male panda Jui and the female panda Dindin — an important achievement for the zoo staff. Visitors and zoologists love watching all three pandas — whether they’re resting, playing, or walking in the outdoor enclosure during the warm season.

When best time to watch them: at any time of the year and day, pandas are especially active in the morning and towards evening.

Watch the livestream at onlinezoo.moscow every day from 07:30 to 21:00 (MSK, Moscow Standard Time). Or come to the zoo to see its animals in person!

Giant pandas, also known as bamboo bears, belong to the bear family and are native to Asia, serving as an unofficial symbol of China. They differ from other bears by their distinctive black-and-white coloring, a tail up to 20 centimeters long, a special wrist bone (often called a "pseudo thumb") that helps them grip bamboo, and their unique dietary habits. In addition, they do not hibernate during the winter.

Pandas can hardly be called predators, as their diet consists of 99 percent bamboo. These bears live in dense bamboo forests and can eat up to 30 kilograms of this low-calorie grass each day, so they tend to conserve energy. Their typical routine is: wake up — eat — sleep — eat again. That said, pandas may be active at any time of day and in any season.

Adult pandas live alone. Cubs are born only under favorable conditions and remain inseparable from their mothers until about one-and-a-half to two years of age. In the Moscow Zoo, one can observe the habits of three large pandas — the young Katyusha, her mother Dindin and her father Jui. You can meet the pandas by coming to visit or by watching the online livestream!

Old Grounds, "Animals of Asia" exhibit, "Fauna of China" pavilion

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