--- description: The Zoo has confirmed Er Shun, the female giant panda, is pregnant with two fetuses title: There Are 2 More Panda Cubs Coming to North America image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5396f6873212708/698866588e06018096462a16/er-shun-giant-panda.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 # Toronto's Zoo Is About to Get 2 Baby Pandas  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2015 11:01 PM CUT  Panda Er Shun at the Toronto Zoo on April 29, 2014. Panda Er Shun at the Toronto Zoo on April 29, 2014.Colin McConnell—Toronto Star/Getty Images  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2015 11:01 PM CUT Panda-monium is hitting North America again; after a summer that saw the [delight of two baby pandas ](http://time.com/4007445/panda-cub-twins-born/ "undefined")at Washington’s National Zoo [followed by heartbreak](http://time.com/4011997/panda-cub-dies/ "undefined") when one of them died, panda-fans have two more panda cubs to look forward to in the near future, this time at the Toronto Zoo. The zoo confirmed today in a [press release](http://www.torontozoo.com/press/releases.asp?pg=20150930 "undefined") that Er Shun, a female giant panda on loan from China, is expecting two panda cubs. The first fetal heartbeat was detected on Friday; a second one was picked up on Tuesday, “much to our surprise.” “While this is a positive sign, the following three to four weeks are very critical,” the Zoo said in a statement. “Toronto Zoo staff are cautiously hopeful for healthy births within this time frame.” Er Shun was inseminated using sperm collected from [Da Mao](http://www.torontozoo.com/pandas/ "undefined"), the male giant panda in residence at the Toronto Zoo, along with two other male giant pandas from China. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4056883/toronto-zoo-baby-pandas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4056883/toronto-zoo-baby-pandas/"},"headline":"Toronto's Zoo Is About to Get 2 Baby Pandas","datePublished":"2015-09-30T23:01:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:27.589Z","description":"Cue the squeals","url":"https://time.com/4056883/toronto-zoo-baby-pandas/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","China","Canada","Toronto","Panda"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5396f6873212708/698866588e06018096462a16/er-shun-giant-panda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5396f6873212708/698866588e06018096462a16/er-shun-giant-panda.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Panda Er Shun at the Toronto Zoo on April 29, 2014.","caption":"Panda Er Shun at the Toronto Zoo on April 29, 2014.","creditText":"Colin McConnell—Toronto Star/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/4056883/toronto-zoo-baby-pandas/","name":"Toronto's Zoo Is About to Get 2 Baby Pandas"}}]}] ```