1.   The prime attraction at the zoo these days is Hua Mei, the panda cub born last August.

2.   Zoo Atlanta panda cubs Lun-Lun and Yang-Yang spent Saturday recuperating in their new environs, a zoo official said.

3.   Seven of nine panda cubs born in China this year have survived, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

4.   The animals are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity, and some zoos have resorted to artificial insemination to produce panda cubs.

5.   Zoologists were nervous during the first few months, the most critical for a panda cub because they are underdeveloped at birth.

6.   A giant female panda cub in Beijing zoo is now the only surviving cub born in China this year, Xinhua reported Thursday.

7.   Zookeepers have been unable to determine which male fathered a panda cub that is already more than six months old.