634K views · 204 shares | China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda announced that three giant pandas will be released to a nature reserve located in east China's Jiangxi Province, as an important step in the animal's reintroduction research. This is the first time pandas are released outside their hometown of Sichuan Province. | CGTN | Facebook

🐼 Giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji continues to explore and take on new challenges—like climbing up rockwork in the indoor habitat he shares with mother Mei Xiang. As shown in this 🎥 clip of “Xiao Qi Ji vs. the Rock Wall,” 🥊 he’s getting stronger, more coordinated and 💯 still an adorable little nugget. 😍 | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute