The sloth bear cubs, born in late 2024, will help researchers learn more about how to protect the vulnerable species, the zoo said.

Seven months after her birth, a koala joey has emerged from her mother’s pouch and made her debut to the world. Inala is the first joey born at the Zoo in two years. Video shared by the San Diego Zoo doesn’t show the tiny Australian animal climbing trees on her own yet but she can be seen clinging onto her mother and looking around at her surroundings.

The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the births of two cubs to one of its sloth bears last month. The cubs were born on Dec. 6 to first-time mother Shala and spent the last several weeks bonding in their private den — just like they do when in their natural habitat.