--- title: Red Panda Twins Born at Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska description: They still need names, and the Lincoln Children's Zoo is now accepting submissions canonical: https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-22T21:13:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:01:38.563Z og:title: Behold, The Most Adorable Baby Red Panda Twins og:description: The Lincoln Children's Zoo is now accepting submissions to name them og:url: https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt518799638c4dcd7d/6986a4a9d0b6f26c893063a8/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-4-42-11-pm.png?branch=production&width=1001&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1001 og:image:height: 563 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-22 at 4.42.11 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Behold, The Most Adorable Baby Red Panda Twins twitter:description: The Lincoln Children's Zoo is now accepting submissions to name them twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt518799638c4dcd7d/6986a4a9d0b6f26c893063a8/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-4-42-11-pm.png?branch=production&width=1001&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Baby Red Panda Twins Need Names > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=6148af23-4b5a-4095-a562-1a559f0418ba&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Twin Red Panda Cubs at Lincoln Children's Zoo [Watch (HLS stream): Twin Red Panda Cubs at Lincoln Children's Zoo](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AQW1JpTl.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2014-09-22. Twin Red Panda Cubs at Lincoln Children's Zoo_ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 22, 2014 9:13 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 22, 2014 9:13 PM UTC These cuddly little bundles of cute you see right here are a pair of red panda twins — one boy and one girl — born this summer at Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska. They don’t have names yet, and the zoo is accepting submissions now through Sept. 29 on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/lincolnchildrenszoo). The names will be announced on Oct. 14 and the winner will get to enjoy a special “meet and greet” with the cubs. If you’re interested in submitting, be sure to check out photos of the twins on the zoo’s[ Instagram](http://instagram.com/lincolnchildrenszoo) to get some inspiration: It sort of feels like no names are good enough for these guys, but we’re definitely excited to see what they end up with. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/"},"headline":"These Baby Red Panda Twins Need Names","datePublished":"2014-09-22T21:13:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-01T09:01:38.563Z","description":"The Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska is now accepting submissions","url":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","pandas","Zoo"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt518799638c4dcd7d/6986a4a9d0b6f26c893063a8/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-4-42-11-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt518799638c4dcd7d/6986a4a9d0b6f26c893063a8/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-4-42-11-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-09-22 at 4.42.11 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/","name":"These Baby Red Panda Twins Need Names"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Twin Red Panda Cubs at Lincoln Children's Zoo","description":"Twin Red Panda Cubs at Lincoln Children's Zoo","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/AQW1JpTl/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-22T21:25:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/AQW1JpTl.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3419209/baby-red-panda-twins/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```