--- description: Though they're not quite giant yet title: See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 4:42 PM CUT  Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014. Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.Wakayama Adventure World/AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 3, 2014 4:42 PM CUT Two tiny, hairless panda cubs—one male and one female—were born Monday in a research center in Chendu, central Sichuan province. They are the second and third children of mother giant panda Yaxing. They were 146 grams and 117 grams when they were born. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/"},"headline":"See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies","datePublished":"2014-12-03T16:42:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:59.054Z","description":"Though they're not quite giant yet","url":"https://time.com/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2820aaf7fbc1c88a/69876c4e8e0601dfd3458f76/panda-babies-twin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.","caption":"Twin giant panda babies were born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo at Shirahama, Japan on Dec. 3, 2014.","creditText":"Wakayama Adventure World/AFP/Getty Images","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/3616016/see-newborn-twin-giant-panda-babies/","name":"See Newborn Twin Giant Panda Babies"}}]}] ```